SB310
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Amend KRS 61.315 to define "public safety officer," "public safety officer in training," "retired public safety officer" and "post-service act in the line of duty"; provide a lump-sum payment of $80,000 to the families of public safety officers in training who die in the line of duty and retired public safety officers who die as a result of an attack related to their prior service as a public safety officer; make technical and clerical changes;…
Introduced: March 2, 2026
Last action: March 2, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill expands who qualifies for a one-time $80,000 payment given to families when a public safety officer dies in the line of duty. It would extend that benefit to officers who die while in training and to retired officers who are killed in attacks connected to their past service. The bill also applies these changes retroactively, meaning some families of officers who died before this law passes could still qualify. Who it may affect: families of public safety officers, including those in training and retirees, who died under qualifying circumstances.
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