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KY SB47

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Matthew Deneen

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Adds the Division of Emergency Management as an authorized agency to certify service and cause of death for purposes of tuition waiver eligibility documentation

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Committee On Committees2/19/2026
Rules2/13/2026
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection2/11/2026
Committee on Committees1/7/2026

Full Bill Text

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