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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 138

AN ACT relating to the compensation of coroners.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Consolidated Local Governments, Coroners, Counties, Counties, Charter, Counties, Urban, Courts, Fiscal, Effective Dates, Delayed, Local Government, Local Mandate, State Agencies, Unified Local Governments, Wages And Hours
Introduced / first action
2026-01-07 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 64.185 to establish a salary schedule for coroners; require the Department for Local Government to certify the population group within the salary schedule and the years of service for each coroner assuming office; provide for adjustments to compensation based on the consumer price index; allow additional compensation for training courses completed; require all coroners to be considered full-time and prevent any reduction of salary based on hours worked; EFFECTIVE January 4, 2027.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. to Local Government (H)

    referral-committee
  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  3. introduced in House

    introduction

Recorded votes

Roll calls

No recorded vote is supplied for this bill.

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Related measures

No resolvable related measure is supplied.