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SB 47 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to in the line of duty death benefits.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 7, 2026

Latest action (Feb 19, 2026) to Committee on Committees (H)

Summary

Amend KRS 61.315 to define "rescue squad personnel"; expand eligibility for in the line of duty death benefits to rescue squad personnel; require the Division of Emergency Management to promulgate administrative regulations establishing necessary criteria and procedures; amend KRS 164.2841 to define "rescue squad personnel"; expand eligibility for tuition and fee exemption to dependents of rescue squad personnel who died in the line of duty; amend KRS 342.316 to conform.

Sponsors (12)

Action history (9)

  1. Jan 7, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Jan 7, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Feb 11, 2026 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) · upper
  4. Feb 12, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  5. Feb 13, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  6. Feb 13, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 18 2026 · upper
  7. Feb 18, 2026 3rd reading, passed 36-0 · upper
  8. Feb 19, 2026 received in House · lower
  9. Feb 19, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
Subjects
Administrative Regulations And ProceedingsDeathsDisasters And Recovery EffortsEducation, FinanceEducation, HigherEducation, VocationalPublic ProtectionTreasurerUniversities And Colleges

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