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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 682

AN ACT relating to residency requirements for fire protection entities and declaring an emergency.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Boards And Commissions, Charitable And Nonprofit Organizations, County Judges/Executive, Effective Dates, Emergency, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Local Government, Local Mandate, Public Officers And Employees, Public Protection, Public Safety, Taxation, Property
Introduced / first action
2026-02-19 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

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.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee
  2. received in Senate

  3. 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Floor Amendment (2)

    passage, reading-3
  4. floor amendment (2) filed

    amendment-introduction
  5. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026

  6. floor amendment (1) filed

    amendment-introduction
  7. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2
  8. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage
  9. to Local Government (H)

    referral-committee
  10. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  11. introduced in House

    introduction

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