States / Kentucky / HB 248

HB 248 Passed First Chamber

AN ACT relating to hospital police departments.

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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.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Last action
Mar 16, 2026 — to Committee on Committees (S)
Session
2026RS
Momentum
57 · Moderate