26RS SB 310

Senate Bill 310

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Last Action	03/02/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to lump-sum line of duty death payments.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1642
Sponsor	D. Carroll
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 61.315 to define "public safety officer," "public safety officer in training," "retired public safety officer" and "post-service act in the line of duty"; provide a lump-sum payment of $80,000 to the families of public safety officers in training who die in the line of duty and retired public safety officers who die as a result of an attack related to their prior service as a public safety officer; make technical and clerical changes; provide that the benefit is effective for deaths occurring on or after the effective date of the Act, except that provisions impacting retired public safety officers shall be retroactive to deaths occuring on or after August 1, 2012, and provisions impacting public safety officers in training shall be retroactive to deaths occuring on or after November 1, 2024; RETROACTIVE.
Index Headings of Original Version	Corrections Impact - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Local Mandate - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Budget And Financial Administration - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Firefighters And Fire Departments - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Jails And Jailers - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Police, City And County - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Police, State - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Public Officers And Employees - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits Retroactive Legislation - Public safety officers, lump-sum line of duty death benefits