republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-213.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to reemployment of retired police officers.	Amend KRS 70.292, 70.293, and 95.022, regarding city and county programs to reemploy retired police officers without incurring employer retirement contributions, to reduce the required service of the officer or sheriff before retirement from 20 years to 15 years and to allow retired officers to take health insurance coverage through the employing city or county; amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 213	Kentucky HB 213 (2026RS)	bill	Actuarial Analysis Peace Officers And Law Enforcement Personnel And Employment Police City And County Retirement And Pensions Sheriffs	enacted	B. Chester-Burton E. Callaway G. Brown Jr.	3	23	3	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/451b8100-af21-4a41-bbf1-cc0c042cee3a	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb213.html	917f6f71c542039ad2dd4c0d1ba4184ef591993584423d6e6226f35207af02e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 213 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to reemployment of retired police officers.

Amend KRS 70.292, 70.293, and 95.022, regarding city and county programs to reemploy retired police officers without incurring employer retirement contributions, to reduce the required service of the officer or sheriff before retirement from 20 years to 15 years and to allow retired officers to take health insurance coverage through the employing city or county; amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to conform.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 73 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 213 w/ SCS 1 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• E. Callaway — primary (person)
• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 to State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 18 2026
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 95-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 73) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/451b8100-af21-4a41-bbf1-cc0c042cee3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).