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HB1044Introduced in the House

Insurance coverage for public safety employees.

Passed

Introduced by Jim Pressel, District 20

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Insurance coverage for public safety employees. Provides that a public safety employee who: (1) becomes disabled on or after January 1, 2020; (2) receives a Class 1 or a Class 2 impairment benefit; and (3) is eligible for group health insurance coverage for the public safety employee and the public safety employee's spouse or dependents; must pay no more than the amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer. Specifies that the public safety employee must file a written request for insurance coverage with the employer before June 1, 2026, or within 90 days after the public safety employee begins receiving disability benefits, whichever is later. Specifies that if a public safety agency closes, merges, or otherwise ceases to exist, the local unit public employer that caused the public safety agency to cease to exist, shall continue to provide certain insurance coverage. Provides that a surviving spouse or dependent of a public safety employee who dies in the line of duty must pay the same amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still serving as a current active public safety employee employed by the local unit public employer for coverage selected by the surviving spouse or dependent under the group health insurance program.

Where it stands

Public Law 38

February 26, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - House concurred with Senate amendments · February 19, 2026

93

Yes

0

No

7

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Carolyn Jackson1Yes
Earl Harris2Yes
Ragen Hatcher3Yes
Edmond Soliday4Absent
Dale DeVon5Yes
Maureen Bauer6Yes
Jake Teshka7Yes
Ryan Dvorak8Yes
Randy Novak9Yes
Charles Moseley10Yes

Bill history

  1. Authored by Representative Pressel

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. Representatives Lawson, Goss-Reaves added as coauthors

  4. Representative Davis added as coauthor

  5. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  6. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  7. Senate sponsors: Senators Walker K, Crider

  8. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 92, nays 0

  9. Referred to the Senate

  10. First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions

  11. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  12. Senator Qaddoura added as third sponsor

  13. Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

  14. Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; voice vote

  15. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  16. Senator Hunley added as cosponsor

  17. Senator Yoder added as cosponsor

  18. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 176: yeas 45, nays 0

  19. Returned to the House with amendments

  20. Motion to concur filed

  21. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 295: yeas 93, nays 0

  22. Signed by the Speaker

  23. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  24. Signed by the President of the Senate

  25. Signed by the Governor

  26. Public Law 38

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