AN ACT relating to hospital police departments.
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to allow certain hospitals licensed under that chapter to establish hospital police departments; provide each hospital police officer with full general police powers, including the power to arrest, in performing his or her duties; specify the qualifications each officer shall have at the time of his or her employment; provide for the appointment or promotion to the ranks and grades of the department; prohibit persons from falsely representing themselves to be an officer; establish a citizen complaint and investigation process for complaints against an officer alleging misconduct.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2026
Last action Mar 16, 2026
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The bill text has been updated to reflect its progression from the 'Introduced' stage to the 'Current/Final' stage. The changes involve replacing the original bill number (BR 906) with the final enacted number (HB 248) and updating the legislative session reference from 'RS' to 'GA' to match the final version.
TECHNICAL
The bill number was changed from BR 906 to HB 248, and the session reference was updated from RS to GA to reflect the final version of the legislation.
Floor votes · House Mar 13, 2026
How they voted
88–5
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 105
Mar 13, 2026
D
Democratic21
85% Yea
R
Republican84
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 16, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 84-4
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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