| Last Action | 04/04/23: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 170) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to peace officer certification. |
| Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 170
Current/Final Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Local Mandate
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist |
| Bill Request Number | 1381 |
| Sponsor | J. Blanton |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 15.310 and 95A.100 to describe which criminal offenses a fire investigator shall investigate; amend KRS 15.380 to remove court security officers from the list of officers required to be certified by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; allow the council to certify local alcoholic beverage control investigators appointed before April, 2019; amend KRS 15.386 to allow an officer who has been on inactive status for less than one year to return to certification status with no additional training requirements; amend KRS 15.391 to redefine "final order" and "investigating agency"; require that information obtained about active investigations to remain confidential; amend KRS 15.3973 to provide that court security officers may have certification revoked for the same bases as under KRS 15.391; amend 15.3977 to redefine "inactive status" and "revoked status"; amend KRS 15.530 to redefine "CJIS telecommunicator"; amend KRS 15.540 to require an agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator to certify to the council that the applicant meets the qualifications for employment. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Local Mandate - Power to arrest, peace officer certification, requirement Firefighters and Fire Departments - Fire investigators, investigate crimes under KRS Chapter 513 Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Fire investigators, investigate crimes under KRS Chapter 513 Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Peace officer, certification status, training requirements Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Telecommunicators, local agencies, certify qualification Police, City and County - Peace officer, certification status, training requirements Police, City and County - Telecommunicators, local agencies, certify qualification |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements House Floor Amendment 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
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| 04/04/23 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement | Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1 |
| Summary | Retain original provisions; amend KRS 15.382 to provide that a minimum qualification to become a police officer is that the person not have any felony or misdemeanor sex crime expunged; amend KRS 15.391 to provide that an expungement shall not be considered a removal or remedy of a condition for reinstatement of certification; amend KRS 15.3971 to provide that a minimum qualification to become certified as a court security officer is that the person not have been convicted of a misdemeanor sex crime or had a felony or misdemeanor sex crime expunged; amend KRS 15.3977 to require that a person returning from inactive status not be convicted of a misdemeanor sex crime or had a felony or misdemeanor sex crime expunged; create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to provide that any sheriff who takes the oath of office after the effective date of this Act shall not have the power to make arrests unless he or she is certified under KRS 15.380 to 15.404; create a new section of KRS Chapter 71 to provide that deputy jailers or corrections officers in correctional services division or a metropolitan correctional services department appointed after the effective date of this Act shall not have the power to make arrests off the premises of the jail unless they are certified under KRS 15.380 to 15.404; amend KRS 241.110 to provide that a county judge/executive who is serving as a local alcoholic beverage control administrator does not have the power to arrest unless he or she is certified under KRS 15.380 to 15.404; amend KRS 431.074 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to retain an index of all misdemeanor expungements; allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to access the index to verify employment qualifications; amend KRS 231.110 and 281.765 to conform. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - Power to arrest, peace officer certification, requirement County Judges/Executive - Power to arrest, peace officer certification, requirement Jails and Jailers - Power to arrest, peace officer certification, requirement Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Court security officers, minimum qualifications, misdemeanor sex crimes Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Peace officer certification, minimum qualifications, expungement Police, City and County - Peace officer certification, minimum qualifications, expungement Police, State - Peace officer certification, minimum qualifications, expungement Sheriffs - Court security officers, minimum qualifications, misdemeanor sex crimes Sheriffs - Power to arrest, peace officer certification, requirement |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | J. Blanton |
| Summary | Retain original provisions; remove Sections 11, 12, 16, and 17 regarding sheriffs and deputy jailers power to make arrests. |
| Index Headings |
Jails and Jailers - Power to arrest, peace officer certification, removal of requirement Sheriffs - Power to arrest, peace officer certification, removal of requirement |
Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)