Retirement And Pensions
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Judicial Form Retirement System. [SB-32]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 21.525 to define the funding components for the retirement plans administered by the Judicial Form Retirement System as the "normal cost contribution" and the "actuarially accrued liability contribution;" establish the actuarial methods to be used to compute the normal cost contribution and the actuarially accrued liability (AAL) contribution; require the total unfunded AAL be amortized over a closed 20-year period beginning with the 2023 actuarial valuation; require any increase or decrease in the unfunded AAL occurring after completion
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 55) on 03/30/2022
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Gettr Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to retiree health benefits for hazardous duty members. [HB-169]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to increase the hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $40 per month for each year of hazardous duty service for those career hazardous members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003, who are eligible for a fixed-dollar retiree health subsidy not tied to the premium; define "career hazardous employee"; provide that the change shall apply to hazardous service earned
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to retirement. [HB-76]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Amend KRS 21.440, 61.670, 78.784, and 161.400 to require the Legislators' Retirement Plan, the Judicial Retirement Plan, the Kentucky Retirement Systems, the County Employees Retirement System, and the Teachers' Retirement System to perform an actuarial investigation of economic assumptions once every two years rather than once every five years while retaining a review of demographic assumptions once every five years; amend KRS 78.784 to require the County Employees Retirement System to provide a projection/analysis over a 30-year period rather
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 165) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to an exemption of income taxation for military pensions. [HB-96]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
[Veterans ]
Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude all distributions from military pension plans received by retired members of the United States military and their surviving spouses or former spouse under a survivor benefit plan from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2026; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment of part-time adjunct instructors for the Kentucky Fire Commission. [SB-27]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to allow a part-time adjunct instructor for the Kentucky Fire Commission who has not participated in the Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems prior to retirement, but is eligible to retire from the County Employees Retirement System, to retire and draw benefits without being required to resign from his or her position as part-time adjunct instructor for the Kentucky Fire Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Nemes
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 56) on 03/30/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to changes in pension payments due to overtime worked during a local emergency and declaring an emergency. [HB-49]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
Amend KRS 61.598 to exempt from the anti-pension spiking provisions any overtime directly attributable to a local government emergency in which the Governor calls in the Kentucky National Guard; make amendments retroactive to May 30, 2020; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 100) on 04/08/2022
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Washington 2021-2022 Regular Session
Concerning disability benefits in the public safety employees' retirement system. [HB-1669]
[Retirement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
[Pensions ]
Concerning disability benefits in the public safety employees' retirement system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pat Sullivan
Effective Date 6/9/2022. on 03/11/2022
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Washington 2021-2022 Regular Session
Permitting individuals retired from the public employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and the school employees retirement system additional opportunities to work for a school district for up to 1,040 hours per school year while in receipt of pension benefits until July 1, 2025. [HB-1699]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Permitting individuals retired from the public employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and the school employees retirement system additional opportunities to work for a school district for up to 1,040 hours per school year while in receipt of pension benefits until July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Griffey
Effective Date 3/23/2022. on 03/23/2022
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Kentucky 2021 Special Session
AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency. [SB-1]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Retirement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 902 KAR 2:213E and 702 KAR 1:195E; direct each school district to have a COVID-19 operations in place; direct the Department for Public Health to develop a model "test to stay" COVID-19 model for school districts; direct local health departments to assist school districts in implementing their COVID-19 operation plans; provide a temporary remote instruction option for school districts to use at the school, classroom, grade, or group level; provide that districts may submit 2018-2019 or 2019-2020
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Vetoed on 09/09/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Special Session
AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency. [HB-1]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 902 KAR 2:213E and 702 KAR 1:195E; direct each school district to have a COVID-19 operations in place; direct the Department for Public Health to develop a model "test to stay" COVID-19 model for school districts; direct local health departments to assist school districts in implementing their COVID-19 operation plans; provide a temporary remote instruction option for school districts to use at the school, classroom, grade, or group level; provide that districts may submit 2018-2019 or 2019-2020
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Rudy
Identical Senate Bill 1 Substituted For This Bill on 09/09/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Stephen F. LeLaurin to the Board of Trustees of the Judicial Form Retirement System. [SR-163]
[Retirement ]
Confirm the reappointment of Stephen F. LeLaurin to the Board of Trustees of the Judicial Form Retirement System for a term expiring June 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 30, 2021 on 03/30/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of George Carlisle Cheatham II to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System. [SR-205]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Confirm the appointment of George Carlisle Cheatham II to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System for a term ending March 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 30, 2021 on 03/30/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of William Thomas O'Mara to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System. [SR-206]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Confirm the appointment of William Thomas O'Mara to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System for a term expiring March 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 30, 2021 on 03/30/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of James Michael Foster to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems. [SR-207]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Confirm the appointment of James Michael Foster to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for a term expiring July 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 30, 2021 on 03/30/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Merl M. Hackbart to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System. [SR-209]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Confirm the appointment of Merl M. Hackbart to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System for a term expiring March 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 30, 2021 on 03/30/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the expansion of gaming and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-594]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Sports ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to state the findings of the General Assembly; amend KRS 154A.010 to define, "authorizing location," "casino," "county," "county legislative body," "department," "full casino gaming," "gaming licensee," "gross gaming revenue," "handle," "licensee," "limited casino gaming," and "principal"; amend KRS 154A.030 to expand the Lottery Corporation board membership and duties; amend KRS 154A.040 to include casino licensees; amend KRS 154A.063 to remove prohibition against casino gaming; create new sections of KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Introduced In House on 02/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming. [HB-528]
[Gaming ]
[Retirement ]
Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define, permit, and regulate casino gaming; require that proceeds be used to pay for oversight of casino gaming; mandate that 100 percent of proceeds in excess of oversight costs go to specified retirement systems prior to July 1, 2040; allow the General Assembly to allocate all proceeds in excess of oversight costs after July 1, 2040; submit to voters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Introduced In House on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the expansion of gaming and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-531]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Sports ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to state the findings of the General Assembly; amend KRS 154A.010 to define, "authorizing location," "casino," "county," "county legislative body," "department," "full casino gaming," "gaming licensee," "gross gaming revenue," "handle," "licensee," "limited casino gaming," and "principal"; amend KRS 154A.030 to expand the Lottery Corporation board membership and duties; amend KRS 154A.040 to include casino licensees; amend KRS 154A.063 to remove prohibition against casino gaming; create new sections of KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Introduced In House on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the portability of retiree health subsidies. [HB-507]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Amend KRS 61.702 to allow members who began participating in the systems on or after July 1, 2003, who are eligible for a fixed dollar amount towards their health premiums during retirement, to use those fixed dollar amounts towards other health coverage through a premium reimbursement program; require the Kentucky Public Pension Authority to submit research and findings to the Public Pension Oversight Board on or before November 15, 2021, on other health savings or reimbursement options that may be established for these members, including but not
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Duplessis
Introduced In House on 02/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to gaming. [SB-240]
[Gaming ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Taxes ]
Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define, permit, oversee, and regulate all forms of otherwise permissible gaming; provide for the oversight and control of gaming by an administrative body funded by license fees and taxes levied on gaming; prior to July 2042, require 100% of gaming proceeds, in excess of the amount used to pay for an oversight administrative body of gaming, to go to the retirement systems; ballot language provided; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Introduced In Senate on 02/10/2021