AN ACT relating to reemployment of retired police officers.

Amend KRS 70.292, 70.293, and 95.022, regarding city and county programs to reemploy retired police officers without incurring employer retirement contributions, to reduce the required service of the officer or sheriff before retirement from 20 years to 15 years and to allow retired officers to take health insurance coverage through the employing city or county; amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to conform.

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Introduced: January 7, 2026

Last action: April 10, 2026

(Acts Ch. 73)

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill changes the rules for retired police officers and sheriffs who return to work for a city or county. It lowers the required years of service before retirement from 20 years to 15 years for officers to be eligible for these reemployment programs, and it allows rehired retired officers to receive health insurance through the city or county that employs them. Who it may affect: retired police officers and sheriffs, and the city and county governments that may rehire them.

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