AN ACT relating to telecommunicators.

Amend KRS 15.530 to define terms; amend KRS 15.552 to remove hiring date restriction and allow a fully-trained part-time telecommunicator credit toward the full-time training academy if conditions are met; amend KRS 15.560 to require all part-time telecommunicators to complete telecommunicator overview training within 12 months of the hire date; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026.

Introduced: February 13, 2025

Last action: February 21, 2025

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This bill updates training and hiring rules for telecommunicators, which are the dispatchers and call-takers who work in 911 and emergency communications centers. It removes a previous restriction tied to hiring dates, allows part-time telecommunicators who are already fully trained to count that training toward the full-time academy requirement, and requires all part-time telecommunicators to complete an overview training course within 12 months of being hired. Who it may affect: part-time and full-time emergency communications workers, 911 dispatch centers, and the agencies that hire and train them.

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