Kentucky Senate Bill 203 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 13 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-13 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 114)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #4) [PDF]

Amend KRS 16.601 to provide that the beneficiaries of a deceased member awaiting a decision regarding death as a result of an act in the line of duty shall still be eligible to receive death benefits under KRS 16.578 and if a final determination results in a finding of eligibility for in the line of duty benefits, then the benefits shall be recalculated; amend KRS 61.621 to provide that a spouse of a deceased member awaiting a decision regarding whether the death was as the result of a duty-related injury shall still be eligible to receive death benefits under KRS 61.640, and if a final determination results in a finding of eligibility for duty-related benefits, then the benefits shall be recalculated; make provisions retroactive to any matter pending before the Kentucky Retirement Systems or on appeal upon passage; EMERGENCY.

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

Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]

Sen. Paul Hornback [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-13	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 114)
2016-04-01	Senate	delivered to Governor
2016-04-01	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2016-03-29	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2016-03-29	Senate	passed 37-0
2016-03-29	Senate	Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
2016-03-29	Senate	posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
2016-03-25	Senate	received in Senate
2016-03-25	House	3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-03-24	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 25, 2016
2016-03-24	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-23	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-03-21	House	posted in committee
2016-03-18	House	to State Government (H)
2016-03-17	House	received in House
2016-03-17	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-10
2016-03-16	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2016
2016-03-14	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
2016-03-11	Senate	reassigned to Judiciary (S)
2016-03-11	Senate	2nd reading
2016-03-11	Senate	taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2016-03-10	Senate	returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2016-03-10	Senate	1st reading
2016-03-10	Senate	taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2016-02-22	Senate	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2016-02-19	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB203.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB203/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB203/HCS1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB203/vote_history.pdf