Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB72: AN ACT relating to hazardous duty retirement for code enforcement personnel of a consolidated local government.
Status: Chaptered, March 13, 2026
Amend KRS 78.5520 to redefine "hazardous position" to include code enforcement and zoning inspection personnel employed by a consolidated local government for the purposes of benefits of the County Employees Retirement System.
What the bill says
An act relating to hazardous duty retirement for code enforcement personnel of a consolidated local government.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to hazardous duty retirement for code enforcement personnel of a consolidated local government. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 78.5520 is amended to read as follows: (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Hazardous position" for employees who began participating in the County Employees Retirement System prior to September 1, 2008, means: 1. Any position whose principal duties involve active law enforcement, including the positions of probation and parole officer, active fire suppression or prevention, correctional officers with duties that routinely and regularly require face-to-face contact with inmates, or other positions, including but not limited to paramedics and emergency medical technicians, with duties that require frequent exposure to a high degree of danger or peril and also require a high degree of physical conditioning; and 2. Code enforcement officers employed by a consolidated local government pursuant to KRS Chapter 67C with duties including but not limited to investigation, inspection, and issuance of citations for violations of ordinances relating to facilities, hazardous materials, land development, and zoning, and with duties that require frequent exposure to a high degree of danger or peril and also require a high degree of physical conditioning; and (b) "Hazardous position" for employees who begin participating in the County Employees Retirement System on or after …
Sponsors
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038) · primary sponsor
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
- Alan Gentry (D, HD-046)
- John Hodgson (R, HD-036)
- Chris Lewis (R, HD-029)
- Jason Nemes (R, HD-033)
- Susan Witten (R, HD-031)
Latest actions
- : returned to Local Government (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Local Government (H)
- : to Local Government (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Retirement And Pensions, Local Mandate, Consolidated Local Governments, Actuarial Analysis, Counties With Cities Of The First Class
Common questions
- What is HB72?
- HB72 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to hazardous duty retirement for code enforcement personnel of a consolidated local government.
- What does HB72 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to hazardous duty retirement for code enforcement personnel of a consolidated local government.
- What is the status of HB72?
- Chaptered as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: returned to Local Government (H) (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB72?
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB72?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb72.html
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