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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 324 Modifies Mandatory Peace Officer Training Requirements
Last action · January 20, 2026: to Judiciary (H)Sponsor: Kim Holloway
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky House Bill 324 updates mandatory basic and in-service training requirements for law enforcement officers, including specific mandates regarding crisis intervention, de-escalation, and sexual assault investigations.
Law enforcement agencies across the state must ensure their officers meet updated educational standards and maintain specific staffing quotas for specialized sexual assault investigators to avoid noncompliance penalties.
- The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the state legislature responsible for enacting statutory laws. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
certified peace officers
Certified peace officers must complete mandatory in-service training courses and undergo recurring training on domestic violence and crisis intervention at least once every two years.
law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement agencies are required to maintain a specific number of staff members who have completed the 40-hour sexual assault investigation training course based on their total number of full-time officers.
Key Facts
- The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council must approve mandatory basic training subjects including elderly abuse, domestic violence, human immunodeficiency virus, bias-related crime, human trafficking, sexual assault, female genital mutilation, and crisis intervention.
- Agencies with more than 10 but fewer than 21 full-time officers must maintain 1 officer who has completed the 40-hour sexual assault investigation training course.
- Agencies with 21 or more but fewer than 51 full-time officers must maintain at least 2 officers who have completed the 40-hour sexual assault investigation training course.
- Agencies with 51 or more full-time officers must maintain at least 4 officers who have completed the sexual assault investigation course.
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- An agency is prohibited from assigning an officer directly responsible for investigating or processing sexual assault offenses unless that officer has completed the 40-hour sexual assault investigation training course.
- Agencies failing to comply with sexual assault training requirements have one year from the date of noncompliance to reestablish the minimum number of trained officers.
- The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet must provide training on domestic violence, abuse, crisis intervention, and de-escalation.
- All certified peace officers must complete training on domestic violence, abuse, crisis intervention, and de-escalation at least once every two years.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 20, 2026HouseCommitteeto Judiciary (H)
- Jan 12, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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