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AN ACT relating to death benefits.

Amend KRS 61.315 to include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits; make a technical correction.

Deaths Firefighters and Fire Departments Occupational Safety and Health Diseases

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This bill expands the list of cancers that qualify a firefighter's family for death benefits if the firefighter dies from one of those cancers. It updates an existing Kentucky law to recognize that certain additional cancers are linked to the hazards of firefighting work. Who it may affect: families of Kentucky firefighters who die from a work-related cancer.

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Legislative History

Jan 6, 2026 · House

In House

Jan 6, 2026 · House

To Committee On Committees (H)

Jan 13, 2026 · House

To Local Government (H)

Jan 16, 2026 · House

Reassigned To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)

Jan 20, 2026 · House

, 1st Reading, To

Jan 21, 2026 · House

2nd Reading, To Rules

Jan 21, 2026 · House

For Thursday, January 22, 2026

Jan 27, 2026 · House

3rd Reading, 92-0

Yea: 92

Nay: 0

Absent: 8

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Chad Aull

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Tina Bojanowski

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Steve Bratcher

Representative · House District 025

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Lindsey Burke

Representative · House District 075

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Emily Callaway

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Adrielle Camuel

Representative · House District 093

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Beverly Chester-Burton

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Daniel Elliott

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Patrick Flannery

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Alan Gentry

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Deanna Frazier Gordon

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Daniel Grossberg

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Vanessa Grossl

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Mark Hart

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John Hodgson

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Nima Kulkarni

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Adam Moore

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Kimberly Moser

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Marianne Proctor

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T.J. Roberts

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Sarah Stalker

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Joshua Watkins

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Billy Wesley

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Lisa Willner

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