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HB 516 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for probationary employment.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 29, 2026

Latest action (Feb 26, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Amend KRS 61.552 to allow employees to purchase service credit for the time spent as a probationary employee; amend KRS 78.510 to redefine "employee," "member", and "participating" to include, solely for the purpose of benefits payable to a person employed in a full-time position or a probationary position, employees who become disabled or die as a direct result of an act in line of duty or as a result of a duty-related injury.

Sponsors (4)

Action history (9)

  1. Jan 29, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Jan 29, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Feb 5, 2026 to State Government (H) · lower
  4. Feb 19, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · lower
  5. Feb 20, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Feb 24, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 25 2026 · lower
  7. Feb 25, 2026 3rd reading, passed 98-0 · lower
  8. Feb 26, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  9. Feb 26, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Actuarial AnalysisCitiesCountiesEducation, Elementary And SecondaryLocal MandateRetirement And Pensions

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