Insurance coverage for public safety employees.
Summary
Provides that a public safety employee who: (1) becomes disabled on or after January 1, 2020; (2) receives a Class 1 or a Class 2 impairment benefit; and (3) is eligible for group health insurance coverage for the public safety employee and the public safety employee's spouse or dependents; must pay no more than the amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer. Specifies that the public safety employee must file a written request for insurance coverage with the employer before June 1, 2026, or within 90 days after the public safety employee begins receiving disability benefits, whichever is later. Specifies that if a public safety agency closes, merges, or otherwise ceases to exist, the local unit public employer that caused the public safety agency to cease to exist, shall continue to provide certain insurance coverage. Provides that a surviving spouse or dependent of a public safety employee who dies in the line of duty must pay the same amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer for coverage selected by the surviving spouse or dependent under the group health insurance program.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Dec 2, 2025
Signed Feb 26, 2026
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What changed between versions
Enrolled House Bill (H)
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House Bill (S)
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from an enrolled act to a standard house bill, removing official enactment language and adding committee tracking details. The core policy text regarding insurance coverage for disabled public safety employees remains substantively unchanged, though line numbers and section headers were adjusted to match standard legislative formatting.
Scope change
No substantive change to the scope or applicability of the law; the bill text covers the same public safety employees and insurance requirements as the original enrolled version.
TECHNICAL
Removed the 'Enrolled House Bill' header and official printing code instructions that indicate the bill has already been signed into law.
Added committee history, digest summary, and standard house bill formatting elements such as line numbers and bill identifiers.
Adjusted section numbering and layout to conform to the standard House Bill format rather than the final Enrolled Act format.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2026 · House Jan 20, 2026
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 49
Feb 17, 2026
D
Democratic9
77% Yea
R
Republican40
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Feb 26, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 295: yeas 93, nays 0
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 176: yeas 45, nays 0
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 92, nays 0
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
4 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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