Kentucky House Bill 185 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 34-13)
Status: Passed on April 13 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-13 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 151)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Amend KRS 16.505 to include in the definition of "dependent child," solely as it applies to a member who dies as a direct result of an act in line of duty or a duty-related injury, a disabled child of any age; define "monthly average pay" to mean the higher of a member's final rate of pay or average monthly creditable compensation earned during the deceased member's last 12 months of employment; amend KRS 16.601 and 61.621 to increase minimum act in line of duty or duty-related death benefits payable to the surviving spouse of a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the deceased member's monthly average pay and, if there is no surviving spouse, to the dependent children at the rate of 50% for one dependent child, 65% for two dependent children, and 75% for three or more dependent children; amend KRS 61.510 to define "monthly average pay"; amend KRS 61.542 to provide that the surviving spouse shall supersede all previously designated beneficiaries in the case of line-of-duty death benefits payable from the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems unless the member files a valid beneficiary designation form after marriage to his or her spouse; amend KRS 61.702 to ensure full and timely hospital and medical insurance benefits for the spouse and dependents of a member who died as a direct result of an act in line of duty or duty-related injury; amend KRS 78.510 to define "monthly average pay"; provide that an eligible surviving spouse of a member who died as a result of an act line of duty or duty-related injury prior to the effective date of the Act shall receive the increased line of duty or duty-related death benefits; provide that a surviving spouse of a hazardous duty member who died as a result of an act in line of duty on or after January 1, 2017, who was ineligible for the minimum monthly death benefits because he or she was not named beneficiary shall be eligible for the benefits provided by this Act; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to death-in-line-of-duty benefits and declaring an emergency.

Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Linda Belcher [D]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]	Rep. Larry Brown [R]
Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]	Rep. John Carney [R]	Rep. Tim Couch [R]	Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]
Rep. Ken Fleming [R]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Chris Fugate [R]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]
Rep. Jim Gooch [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Richard Heath [R]
Rep. Regina Huff [R]	Rep. Kenny Imes [R]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Kim King [R]
Rep. Stan Lee [R]	Rep. Russ Meyer [D]	Rep. Jerry Miller [R]	Sen. Robert Mills [R]
Rep. Wesley Morgan [R]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]	Rep. Rick Nelson [D]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]
Rep. David Osborne [R]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Phillip Pratt [R]	Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]
Rep. Brandon Reed [R]	Rep. Jody Richards [D]	Rep. Rob Rothenburger [R]	Rep. Sal Santoro [R]
Rep. Dean Schamore [D]	Rep. Jonathan Shell [R]	Rep. John Sims [D]	Rep. Diane St Onge [R]
Rep. Jim Stewart [R]	Rep. Walker Thomas [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Russell Webber [R]
Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Addia Wuchner [R]	Rep. Jill York [R]

2018-04-02 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 445 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2018-03-29 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 656 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-03-19 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 350 (Y: 89 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 11) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-13	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 151)
2018-04-02	House	delivered to Governor
2018-04-02	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2018-04-02	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2018-04-02	House	Bill passed 91-0
2018-04-02	House	House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2)
2018-04-02	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2)
2018-04-02	House	taken from Rules
2018-03-29	House	to Rules (H)
2018-03-29	House	received in House
2018-03-29	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2)
2018-03-29	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
2018-03-27	Senate	floor amendment (2) filed
2018-03-27	Senate	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-22	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2018-03-22	Senate	1st reading
2018-03-22	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2018-03-21	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed
2018-03-21	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2018-03-20	Senate	received in Senate
2018-03-19	House	3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1)
2018-03-16	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
2018-03-16	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-15	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2018-03-15	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2018-03-14	House	posted in committee
2018-03-14	House	posting waived
2018-01-17	House	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2018-01-11	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB185.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB185/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB185/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB185/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB185/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB185/SFA2.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/HB185/FN.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB185/vote_history.pdf