Kentucky Senate Bill 141

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Pending: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable individual income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow confidential tax return information to be shared with the Legislative Research Commission and Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 75.400 to allow a volunteer fire department to have a minimum of six members; amend KRS 342.140, relating to workers' compensation, to allow income benefits for volunteer firemen, police, and emergency management agency members or trainees to be based on 50% of the state average weekly wage if that is greater than the average weekly wage of their regular employment.

AN ACT relating to volunteer firefighters.

Sen. Phillip Wheeler [R]

Sen. Johnnie Turner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	Senate	to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2024-01-29	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2024-01-29	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb141.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb141/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/sb141/LM.pdf