Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB765: AN ACT relating to volunteer fire departments.
Status: In committee, March 13, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to establish the volunteer fire department emergency medical expenses fund to be administered by the Kentucky Fire Commission; establish use of fund; authorize the Kentucky Fire Commission to promulgate administrative regulations.
What the bill says
An act relating to volunteer fire departments.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to volunteer fire departments. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 95A IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be known as the volunteer fire department emergency medical expenses fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received from grants, gifts, state appropriations, and federal funds. (b) The fund shall be administered by the Kentucky Fire Commission. (c) Amounts deposited in the fund shall be disbursed exclusively for the purposes set out in subsection (2) of this section. (d) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of the fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year. (2) A volunteer fire department established under KRS Chapter 273 may apply to the Kentucky Fire Commission for funds from the volunteer fire department emergency medical expense fund. The funds shall exclusively be used and (b) Reimbursement of the costs: 1. Associated with replacing used emergency medical supplies, devices, or equipment; and 2. Of any training, licensure, or certification of members of the volunteer fire department related to the provision of emergency medical services. (3) The commission shall endeavor to distribute the available funds …
Sponsors
- Ashley Tackett Laferty (D, HD-095) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : returned to Local Government (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Local Government (H)
- : to Local Government (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Funds, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Emergency Medical Services
Common questions
- What is HB765?
- HB765 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to volunteer fire departments.
- What does HB765 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to volunteer fire departments.
- What is the status of HB765?
- In committee as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: returned to Local Government (H) (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB765?
- Ashley Tackett Laferty (D, HD-095).
- Where is the official record for HB765?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb765.html
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