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House Bill 164

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Last Action 02/26/24: to State & Local Government (S)
Title AN ACT relating to death in the line of duty benefits.
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Bill Request Number 431
Sponsors S. Witten, D. Osborne, J. Bauman, E. Callaway, D. Lewis, R. Palumbo, R. Roarx, W. Williams
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 16.601, 61.621, and 78.5534 to increase minimum line of duty death benefits to a non-spouse beneficiary of a Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System member who was working in an approved hazardous duty position or in a position that could be approved as hazardous duty for retirement purposes; specify the minimum payment to the non-spouse beneficiary shall only be payable if there is no surviving spouse beneficiary and shall be a minimum of a lump-sum payment equal to 36 months of the member's monthly rate of pay; provide that the non-spouse beneficiary may elect the minimum lump-sum payment or any other benefits the non-spouse beneficiary is eligible to receive upon the member's death, but not both.
Index Headings of Original Version Public Officers and Employees - Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, line of duty death benefits to non-spouse beneficiary, increase
Retirement and Pensions - Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, line of duty death benefits to non-spouse beneficiary, increase
State Agencies - Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, line of duty death benefits to non-spouse beneficiary, increase
Actuarial Analysis - Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, line of duty death benefits to non-spouse beneficiary, increase
Local Mandate - Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, line of duty death benefits to non-spouse beneficiary, increase
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01/05/24
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
02/07/24
  • to State Government (H)
02/15/24
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/16/24
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/20/24
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2024
02/21/24
  • 3rd reading, passed 95-0
02/22/24
  • received in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
02/26/24
  • to State & Local Government (S)


Last updated: 4/22/2024 3:57 PM (EDT)