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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · January 14, 2026

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Introduced January 7, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB182

AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits.

Amend KRS 61.621 to allow a member of a state-administered retirement system who works in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position and who receives a duty-related injury to be eligible for the same minimum retirement benefit provided to members who receive a hazardous disability retirement; amend KRS 61.702 to allow Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) members working in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position who…

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This bill would allow certain public employees who work in jobs that qualify as hazardous but are officially classified as nonhazardous to receive the same disability retirement and health benefits as employees in formally designated hazardous positions, if they are injured on the job. Currently, those workers may receive lesser benefits despite facing similar on-the-job risks. The bill would apply retroactively to eligible workers whose employment ended on or after January 1, 2022. Who it…

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