Kentucky House Bill 139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 21-8)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-05 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 16.582 and 61.621 to increase minimum total and permanent in line of duty or duty-related disability benefits payable to a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the member's monthly average pay; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "monthly average pay" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty and duty-related disability benefits; amend KRS 16.505 to amend the definition of "dependent child" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty or duty-related disability; amend KRS 61.702 to ensure full hospital and medical insurance benefits for the member, spouse, and dependents of a member who has a total and permanent in line of duty or duty-related disability; provide for prospective adjustments in benefits for those eligible members who were totally and permanently disabled in line of duty or due to a duty-related injury; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits and declaring an emergency.

Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]
Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]	Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]	Rep. Ken Fleming [R]	Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R]
Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]
Rep. Samara Heavrin [R]	Rep. Thomas Huff [R]	Rep. Derek Lewis [R]	Rep. Scott Lewis [R]
Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Michael Meredith [R]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]
Rep. David Osborne [R]	Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Steve Sheldon [R]	Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]
Rep. Walker Thomas [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Russell Webber [R]	Rep. Billy Wesley [R]
Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-05	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-05	House	introduced in House
2020-12-11	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb139.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb139/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/hb139/LM.pdf