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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

HB219

AN ACT relating to retiree health provisions of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

Amend KRS 61.702, relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the State Police Retirement System, to increase the nonhazardous and hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $40 and $50 per month for each year of service, respectively, for those members who meet the "career threshold" who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003, and who are eligible for a fixed-dollar retiree health subsidy not tied to the…

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This bill would increase the monthly health insurance subsidy for certain retired Kentucky state employees and state police officers who joined the retirement system on or after July 1, 2003, raising the per-year-of-service payment to $40 or $50 per month depending on their job classification. To help fund these higher subsidies, it would also extend and increase the employee contribution toward retiree health benefits for those same members, with the contribution change taking effect July…

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