Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB927: AN ACT relating to disability retirement benefits in the County Employees Retirement System.
Status: In committee, March 11, 2026
Amend KRS 78.5522 to allow for the 5 year service requirement for disability retirement to be waived for a person who works in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position who is injured in line of duty resulting in an incapacity to continue as an employee in the position that could be certified as hazardous; allow certain persons whose last day of paid employment was on or after January 1, 2022, but prior to the effective date of this Act to apply for disability benefits; RETROACTIVE.
What the bill says
An act relating to disability retirement benefits in the County Employees Retirement System.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to disability retirement benefits in the County Employees Retirement System. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 78.5522 is amended to read as follows: The disability retirement provisions contained in this section shall apply to a person whose last date of paid employment was in a nonhazardous position. (1) Any person may qualify to retire on disability, subject to the following conditions: (a) The person shall have sixty (60) months of service, twelve (12) of which shall be current service credited under KRS 16.543(1), 61.543(1), or 78.615(1). The service requirement shall be waived if the person is working in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position based upon KRS 78.5520, and is injured in line of duty resulting in an incapacity to continue as an employee in the position that could be certified as a hazardous position; (b) For a person whose membership date is prior to August 1, 2004, the person shall not be eligible for an unreduced retirement allowance; (c) The person's application shall be on file in the retirement office no later than twenty-four (24) months after the person's last day of paid employment in a regular full-time position, as defined in KRS 78.510; and (d) The person shall receive a satisfactory …
Sponsors
- Ashley Tackett Laferty (D, HD-095) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Local Government (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Retirement And Pensions, Sheriffs, Police, City And County, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Counties, Local Government, Cities, Emergency Medical Services
Common questions
- What is HB927?
- HB927 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to disability retirement benefits in the County Employees Retirement System.
- What does HB927 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to disability retirement benefits in the County Employees Retirement System.
- What is the status of HB927?
- In committee as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: to Local Government (H) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB927?
- Ashley Tackett Laferty (D, HD-095).
- Where is the official record for HB927?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb927.html
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