Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB682: AN ACT relating to residency requirements for fire protection entities and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, March 16, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to residency requirements for fire protection entities and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to residency requirements for fire protection entities and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 75.031 is amended to read as follows: (1) (a) 1. Upon creation of a fire protection district or a volunteer fire department district as provided in KRS 75.010, the affairs of the district shall be conducted by the board of trustees consisting of seven (7) members, four (4) to be elected by the members of the district as hereinafter set out and three (3) to be appointed by the county judge/executive or the mayor in a consolidated local government pursuant to the provisions of KRS 67C.139. 2. Two (2) members of the board of trustees shall be elected by the members of the firefighters of the district and shall be full-time paid employees of the district or members of the district who personally reside in the district. 3. Two (2) members of the board of trustees shall be property owners who own real or personal property which is subject to the fire protection tax pursuant to KRS 75.040, who personally reside in the district, and who are not active firefighters and shall be elected by the property owners of the district. Property owners voting to select representatives to the board of …
Sponsors
- David Meade (R, HD-080) · primary sponsor
- Mark Hart (R, HD-078)
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Floor Amendment (2)
- : floor amendment (2) filed
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
- : floor amendment (1) filed
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Local Government (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 247 (March 13, 2026): 91 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Public Protection, Effective Dates, Emergency, Charitable And Nonprofit Organizations, Boards And Commissions, Local Mandate, County Judges/Executive, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Public Safety
Common questions
- What is HB682?
- HB682 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to residency requirements for fire protection entities and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB682 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to residency requirements for fire protection entities and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB682?
- In committee as of March 16, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (March 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB682?
- David Meade (R, HD-080), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB682?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb682.html
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