Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB251: AN ACT relating to hazardous duty coverage in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
Status: Chaptered, January 15, 2026
Amend KRS 61.592 to redefine "hazardous position" to include Department of Kentucky State Police forensic lab and crime scene personnel.
What the bill says
An act relating to hazardous duty coverage in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to hazardous duty coverage in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 61.592 is amended to read as follows: (1) (a) "Hazardous position" for employees participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System means: 1. Any position whose principal duties involve active law enforcement, including the positions of probation and parole officer and Commonwealth detective, active fire suppression or prevention, or other positions, including but not limited to pilots of the Transportation Cabinet and 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; 2. Positions in the Department of Corrections in state correctional institutions and the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center with duties that regularly and routinely require face-to-face contact with inmates;[ and] 3. Positions of employees who elect coverage under KRS 196.167(3)(b)2. and who continue to provide educational services and support to inmates as a Department of Corrections employee; and 4. Positions in the Department of Kentucky State Police in state forensics labs with duties that regularly and routinely require handling of chemicals, narcotics, and biohazardous materials, or duties that require physical presence at crime scenes which may contain chemicals, narcotics, and biohazardous materials. (b) The …
Sponsors
- Ashley Tackett Laferty (D, HD-095) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to State Government (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Retirement And Pensions, State Employees, Actuarial Analysis
Common questions
- What is HB251?
- HB251 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to hazardous duty coverage in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
- What does HB251 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to hazardous duty coverage in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
- What is the status of HB251?
- Chaptered as of January 15, 2026. Latest action: to State Government (H) (January 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB251?
- Ashley Tackett Laferty (D, HD-095).
- Where is the official record for HB251?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb251.html
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