19RS HB 72

House Bill 72

Actions

Last Action	03/07/19: to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to tuition benefits and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Fiscal Note
Bill Request Number	280
Sponsors	R. Rothenburger, M. Hart, C. Massey, K. Moser, M. Prunty, B. Reed
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 164.2841, relating to college tuition benefits for spouses and children of specified emergency response personnel and public employees who have died in the course of their duties, to raise the eligibility age for surviving children to under the age of 26; stipulate that the unmarried widow or widower could be of any age to be eligible; specify that the beneficiary is eligible for up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; amend KRS 164.2842, relating to college tuition benefits for spouses and children of specified emergency response personnel and public employees who have been totally and permanently disabled in the course of their duties, to raise the eligibility age for children to under the age of 26; retain provision stipulating that the unmarried widow or widower could be of any age to be eligible; specify that the beneficiary is eligible for up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction.
Index Headings of Original Version	Fiscal Note - Firefighters, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Education, Higher - Emergency medical services personnel, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Education, Higher - Law enforcement officers, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Emergency Medical Services - Emergency medical services personnel, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Firefighters and Fire Departments - Disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Firefighters and Fire Departments - Firefighters, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Local Government - Firefighters, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Local Government - Law enforcement officers, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse and children Police, City and County - Disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse and children Police, State - Disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse and children Special Districts - Ambulance districts, emergency medical services personnel, disabled or killed, tuition benefits Special Districts - Chapter 75 fire, emergency medical services personnel, disabled or killed, tuition benefits Cities - Emergency medical services personnel, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse and children Cities - Firefighters, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse and children Cities - Law enforcement officers, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Counties - Emergency medical services personnel, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Counties - Firefighters, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children Counties - Law enforcement officers, disabled or killed, tuition benefits for spouse or children
Votes	Vote History

11/05/18	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/08/19	introduced in House
01/10/19	to Education (H)
02/22/19	posted in committee
02/26/19	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
02/27/19	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2019
02/28/19	3rd reading, passed 99-0
03/01/19	received in Senate
03/07/19	to Appropriations & Revenue (S)