Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB710: AN ACT relating to veterans.
Status: In committee, March 3, 2026
Amend KRS 40.050 to include gender-neutral language.
What the bill says
An act relating to veterans.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to veterans. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 40.050 is amended to read as follows: (1) Every person determined by the administrator to be a qualified veteran shall be paid the sum of nine dollars ($9) for each month and major fraction of a month of active duty, in the Armed Forces in the continental United States, not to exceed in all the sum of three hundred dollars ($300), and the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for each month and major fraction of a month of such service outside the continental United States, subject to an aggregate limit for all service in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500). A veteran who served in one or more of the conflict periods defined in subsections (15), (16), (17), and (18) of KRS 40.010 shall be limited to a maximum payment of three hundred dollars ($300) if no part of his or her total service during the periods specified was served outside the continental United States, or five hundred dollars ($500) if a part of his or her total service during the periods specified was served outside the continental United States. (2) If a person determined to have been a qualified veteran shall be deceased at the time payment of …
Sponsors
- Bobby McCool (R, HD-097) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Veterans
Common questions
- What is HB710?
- HB710 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to veterans.
- What does HB710 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to veterans.
- What is the status of HB710?
- In committee as of March 3, 2026. Latest action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) (March 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB710?
- Bobby McCool (R, HD-097).
- Where is the official record for HB710?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb710.html
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