AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for probationary employment.
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2026
Last action Feb 26, 2026
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The document underwent a technical update changing the bill number designation from 'BR 1167' to 'HB 516' and replacing the 'Jacketed' status with 'GA' to reflect its current status in the legislative process. No substantive policy changes, such as new funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or operational requirements, were identified in the provided text.
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Updated the bill identifier from 'BR 1167' to 'HB 516' and the status from 'Jacketed' to 'GA' across the header and footer sections.
Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2026
How they voted
103–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 105
Feb 25, 2026
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican84
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 98-0
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
to State Government (H)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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