AN ACT relating to residency requirements for fire protection entities and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Amend KRS 75.031 to require all trustees of a fire district to personally reside in the fire district and declare a vacancy if a trustee moves outside the district during his or her term; amend KRS 273.207 to require all board members of a fire department organized under KRS Chapter 273 to be residents of the area served by the corporation and declare a vacancy if the member moves outside the geographic area during his or her term; declare a vacancy to exist for board members who do not reside in the district or area in the effective date of the Act; provide a method to fill the vacancy; EMERGENCY.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026
Last action Mar 16, 2026
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The bill was renumbered from a Bill Reference (BR) to a House Bill (HB) and updated its page count. Substantively, the qualifications for elected board trustees were expanded to include full-time paid employees of the district, not just volunteer firefighters. Additionally, the rules for appointing trustees in counties with consolidated local governments were clarified to ensure appointed members reside within the specific consolidated government boundaries rather than just the county.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly applies to volunteer fire prevention districts within counties that have established consolidated local governments, clarifying residency requirements for appointed officials in these specific jurisdictions.
ELIGIBILITY
Elected board trustees can now be full-time paid employees of the district, whereas previously they were restricted to active firefighters.
REQUIREMENT
Residency requirements for trustees appointed by the mayor in consolidated local governments were clarified to require residence within the consolidated government boundaries.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to reflect the official House Bill number (HB 682) and adjusted the total page count from 5 to 6.
Floor votes · House Mar 13, 2026
How they voted
96–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 105
Mar 13, 2026
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican84
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Mar 16, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Floor Amendment (2)
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
to Local Government (H)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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