SB47
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Amend KRS 61.315 to define "rescue squad personnel"; expand eligibility for in the line of duty death benefits to rescue squad personnel; require the Division of Emergency Management to promulgate administrative regulations establishing necessary criteria and procedures; amend KRS 164.2841 to define "rescue squad personnel"; expand eligibility for tuition and fee exemption to dependents of rescue squad personnel who died in the line of duty; amend KRS 342.316 to conform.
Introduced: January 7, 2026
Last action: February 19, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill expands existing benefits for families of public safety workers who die in the line of duty to also cover rescue squad personnel. It would allow dependents of rescue squad members killed in the line of duty to receive tuition and fee exemptions at state colleges, and it directs the Division of Emergency Management to set the rules for how these death benefits would work. Who it may affect: rescue squad personnel and their families, including dependents seeking higher education assistance.
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