Kentucky House Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-03 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Housekeeping legislation for the Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 16.578 and 61.640 to apply the alternate death calculation to and reinstate the life annuity, 60 months certain, actuarial refund, and Social Security adjustment retirement options as written prior to 2009 legislation; amend KRS 61.598 to establish a minimum salary increase of 10% plus $1,000 over the prior year's salary in order for employee anti-pension spiking measures to apply; amend KRS 61.645 to remove requirement that Kentucky Retirement Systems' board election ballots be returned to a Kentucky post office box, rather than out-of-state vendor, remove requirement that ballot counting vendor be an actuarial firm, and make other conforming changes; amend KRS 61.510, 61.637, and 78.510 to change period under which reemployment of retiree would void status as a volunteer from 24 months to 12 months consistent with other retired reemployed categories; amend KRS 61.540 to remove requirement that failure to file statement of facts by member and employer will result in no benefits paid in order to conform language to other provisions in chapter; amend KRS 61.565 to use as maximum the rate for employers participating in the County Employees Retirement System, a factor of 1.12 over the prior fiscal year's contribution rate instead of language referencing projected dollars.

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

Rep. Jerry Miller [R]

2020-01-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 46 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-03	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2020-01-30	Senate	received in Senate
2020-01-29	House	3rd reading, passed 91-0
2020-01-27	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 28, 2020
2020-01-24	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-01-23	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2020-01-21	House	posted in committee
2020-01-10	House	to State Government (H)
2020-01-08	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb207.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb207/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb207/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb207/vote_history.pdf