HB 516 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

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.
TECHNICAL

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

1030
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 105
Feb 25, 2026
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican84
82 Yea 2
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.