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House committee gives favorable report to bill letting airport police access weapons turn-in grants
Summary
The Kentucky House committee voted to give House Bill 234 a favorable report after a witness said airport police departments had been excluded from grant funding tied to weapons turn-ins to the Kentucky State Police.
The Kentucky House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection gave House Bill 234 a favorable report during its February 2025 meeting, moving the measure on to the full House, the committee chair said.
Sean Butler, executive director of the Kentucky Police Chiefs Association, told the committee the bill is “a very small bill” designed to correct an exclusion that currently prevents airport police departments from receiving grant funds when they turn firearms over to the Kentucky State Police. “For some…
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