Kentucky House Bill 104 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: Engrossed on February 26 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-28 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 61.542 to allow a retiree who experiences a qualifying event, including marriage, remarriage, the birth or adoption of a child, or the death of a designated beneficiary, to elect to change his or her beneficiary and optional payment plan provided the election is made within 120 days of the qualifying event on a form prescribed by the Kentucky Retirement Systems and provide that in the case of a divorce, annulment, or dissolution of marriage, the retiree's estate shall become the beneficiary; amend KRS 61.590, 61.615, and 61.630 to conform; amend KRS 161.630 to expand the qualifying events for which a retiree may elect to change his or her beneficiary and optional payment plan to include a birth or adoption of a child in addition to marriage, remarriage, and the death of a beneficiary, require that the election be made within 120 days of the qualifying event on a form prescribed by the Teachers' Retirement System, and make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.480 to conform.

AN ACT relating to changing beneficiaries after retirement in state-administered retirement systems.

Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]
Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Joe Graviss [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]
Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Sal Santoro [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]
Rep. Susan Westrom [D]

2020-02-25 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 146 (Y: 88 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-28	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2020-02-26	Senate	received in Senate
2020-02-25	House	3rd reading, passed 88-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
2020-02-20	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2020-02-19	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2020
2020-02-14	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-02-13	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-01-13	House	posted in committee
2020-01-07	House	to State Government (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-11-18	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb104.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb104/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb104/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb104/vote_history.pdf