HB 56 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to death benefits for first responders, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Summary

Amend KRS 61.315 to create a presumption that first responders who die of COVID-19 do so while in the line of duty and thus qualify for death benefits; apply subsection retroactively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2021

Committee Review

Feb 2022

House Passage

Feb 2022

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Aug 30, 2021 Last action Feb 14, 2022

Floor votes · House Feb 3, 2022

How they voted

58–0

Passed · 34 other

Total votes 92

Feb 3, 2022

D Democratic24

7 Yea 17

29% Yea

R Republican68

51 Yea 17

75% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

11

Key actions

2

Committee

5

Feb 14, 2022

Committee

to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

upper

Feb 3, 2022

Committee

to Committee on Committees (S)

upper

Feb 3, 2022

Lower · Passed

3rd reading, passed 63-0

lower

Jan 13, 2022

Lower · Passed

reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

lower

Jan 12, 2022

Committee

to State Government (H)

lower

Jan 4, 2022

Committee

to Committee on Committees (H)

lower

Jan 4, 2022

Introduced

introduced in House

lower

Aug 30, 2021

Introduced

Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

lower

34 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Jeffery Donohue

Jennifer Decker

McKenzie Cantrell

Ruth Ann Palumbo

Shawn McPherson

Tina Bojanowski