KY HB 589

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to retired emergency personnel.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did KY HB 589 pass?

No. KY HB 589 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 589 about?

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95 to define "city" and "firefighter"; provide that cities may employ retired firefighters provided the firefighter participated in the Firefighters Foundation Program Fund or retired pursuant to KRS Chapter 95, retired with at least 20 years of service credit with no administrative charges pending, and met the separation of employment requirements so that retirement benefits from the systems administered by the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) were not voided; provide that retired firefighters employed by a city shall continue to receive the benefits they were eligible to receive upon retirement, but shall not accrue any additional retirement or health benefits during reemployment except that a city may authorize health coverage by taking legislative action; provide that retirement and any health contributions shall not be paid by the city to the KPPA on a retired firefighter who is reemployed under the Act; provide that individuals employed under the Act may be employed for a term not to exceed 1 year, which may be renewed at the discretion and need of the city; establish limits on the number of reemployed firefighters a city may hire under the program; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.637, 61.702, 78.5536, and 78.5540 to conform.

Who sponsors KY HB 589?

K. Moser, G. Brown Jr., S. Dietz are the primary sponsors of KY HB 589.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-06
Latest action: 2026-02-26 — to Committee on Committees (S)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

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 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-23
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
2026-02-20
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-19
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-13
to State Government (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-06
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-06
introduced in House
introduction

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Votes

Pass
2026-02-25 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Baker: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Banta: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moore: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Payne: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Proctor: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Williams: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Riley: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Decker: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb589.html

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