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KY SB47
Bill
Status
2/19/2026
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Deneen
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AI Summary
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Adds "rescue squad personnel" (paid or volunteer members as defined in KRS 39F.010) to the list of first responders eligible for $80,000 line-of-duty death benefits, with payments to surviving spouses and children from Kentucky's general fund
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Requires the Division of Emergency Management to promulgate administrative regulations establishing criteria for rescue squad personnel coverage and determining what circumstances constitute death in the line of duty
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Extends tuition-free education benefits at Kentucky state-supported universities, community colleges, and vocational institutions to children and unmarried surviving spouses of rescue squad personnel killed in active service or training
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Adds the Division of Emergency Management as an authorized agency to certify service and cause of death for purposes of tuition waiver eligibility documentation
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Updates cross-references in workers' compensation statutes related to occupational disease claims to reflect the renumbered subsections created by adding rescue squad personnel provisions
Legislative Description
AN ACT relating to in the line of duty death benefits.
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings
Last Action
to Committee on Committees (H)
2/19/2026