HB 1044 IN

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Provides that a public safety employee who: (1) becomes disabled on or after January 1, 2020; (2) receives a Class 1 or a Class 2 impairment benefit; and (3) is eligible for group health insurance coverage for the public safety employee and the public safety employee's spouse or dependents; must pay no more than the amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer. Specifies that the public safety employee must file a written request for insurance coverage with the employer before June 1, 2026, or within 90 days after the public safety employee begins receiving disability benefits, whichever is later. Specifies that if a public safety agency closes, merges, or otherwise ceases to exist, the local unit public employer that caused the public safety agency to cease to exist, shall continue to provide certain insurance coverage. Provides that a surviving spouse or dependent of a public safety employee who dies in the line of duty must pay the same amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer for coverage selected by the surviving spouse or dependent under the group health insurance program.

• Jim Pressel Republican · author
• Kyle Walker Republican · sponsor
• Michael Crider Republican · sponsor
• Fady Qaddoura Democratic · sponsor

1. Dec 2, 2025 Authored by Representative Pressel · lower
2. Dec 2, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance · lower
3. Jan 5, 2026 Representatives Lawson, Goss-Reaves added as coauthors · lower
4. Jan 8, 2026 Representative Davis added as coauthor · lower
5. Jan 13, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
6. Jan 15, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
7. Jan 20, 2026 Senate sponsors: Senators Walker K, Crider · lower
8. Jan 21, 2026 Referred to the Senate · lower
9. Jan 20, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 92, nays 0 · lower
10. Jan 26, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions · upper
11. Feb 12, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Senator Qaddoura added as third sponsor · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Senator Hunley added as cosponsor · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Senator Yoder added as cosponsor · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; voice vote · upper
18. Feb 18, 2026 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
19. Feb 17, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 176: yeas 45, nays 0 · upper
20. Feb 19, 2026 Motion to concur filed · lower
21. Feb 19, 2026 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 295: yeas 93, nays 0 · lower
22. Feb 23, 2026 Signed by the Speaker · lower
23. Feb 24, 2026 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
24. Feb 25, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
25. Feb 26, 2026 Signed by the Governor · executive
26. Feb 26, 2026 Public Law 38 · lower