KY HB 516
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to retirement benefits for probationary employment.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KY HB 516 pass?
No. KY HB 516 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-26): to Committee on Committees (S)
What is KY HB 516 about?
Amend KRS 61.552 to allow employees to purchase service credit for the time spent as a probationary employee; amend KRS 78.510 to redefine "employee," "member", and "participating" to include, solely for the purpose of benefits payable to a person employed in a full-time position or a probationary position, employees who become disabled or die as a direct result of an act in line of duty or as a result of a duty-related injury.
Who sponsors KY HB 516?
D. Grossberg, P. Griffee, G. Brown Jr. and 1 others are the primary sponsors of KY HB 516.
Description
Amend KRS 61.552 to allow employees to purchase service credit for the time spent as a probationary employee; amend KRS 78.510 to redefine "employee," "member", and "participating" to include, solely for the purpose of benefits payable to a person employed in a full-time position or a probationary position, employees who become disabled or die as a direct result of an act in line of duty or as a result of a duty-related injury.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-29
- Latest action
- 2026-02-26 — to Committee on Committees (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- D. Grossbergprimary
- P. Griffeeprimary
- G. Brown Jr.primary
- C. Lewisprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-26
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-26
received in Senate
2026-02-25
3rd reading, passed 98-0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-24
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 25 2026
2026-02-20
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-19
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-02-05
to State Government (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-29
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-29
introduced in House
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Pass
2026-02-25 · pass · 98-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Decker: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
Related bills
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