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

Last action · February 10, 2026

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Introduced February 3, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB554

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 hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $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 premium; extend the employee…

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This bill would increase monthly health insurance subsidies for certain Kentucky public employees who retired under hazardous duty positions, such as state police, raising the benefit to $50 per month for each year of service. It also establishes a new employee contribution of 2% of pay to help fund these retiree health benefits, starting July 1, 2027, while boosted subsidy payments to eligible retirees would begin January 1, 2027. The bill also directs a state…

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