Kentucky House Bill 258 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Passed on March 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-29 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 157)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to specify that new members of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022, shall receive a foundational benefit component, which shall be a traditional defined benefit plan with risk adjustments, and a supplemental benefit component which shall be a plan based upon the member's account balance; provide that the cost of the foundational benefit for these new members shall be accessed annually in the actuarial valuation; provide that if the funding level of the foundational benefit component for new nonuniversity or university members falls below 90%, the TRS board shall make one or more of the following changes to keep foundational benefit component employer costs within 8% of pay for nonuniversity members and 5.755% of pay for university members: utilize moneys in the stabilization reserve account from any excess contributions above costs of the new plan components for new members only, utilize prospective mandatory employee and employer contributions from the supplemental benefit component, or adjust the regular interest rate, benefit factor, age and service requirements to retire, or COLAs for new members only; establish the supplemental benefit component for new members who enter TRS on or after January 1, 2022, that pays benefits based upon mandatory employee and employer contributions of two percent of pay, voluntary employee and employer contributions, and interest on the accounts equal to the five-year rolling yield on a 30-year Treasury bond; provide for vesting of employer contributions after five years; provide that a new member may take a refund, distribution, or annuitize their supplemental benefit account balance into a monthly payment based upon assumptions established by the TRS board; amend KRS 161.155 to provide that new nonuniversity TRS members on or after January 1, 2022, shall not have any lump-sum sick leave payments added to their foundational benefit component calculation but may have the payment deposited into the supplemental benefit component; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.220 to establish definitions for the new foundational benefit component and supplemental benefit component for new members and make technical amendments to conform to a recent court decision; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.540 to specify employee contribution rates for new TRS members on or after January 1, 2022, which for new nonuniversity members shall be 14.75% of pay with 9% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 3.75% to fund retiree health benefits and for new university members shall be 9.775% of pay with 5% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 2.775% to fund retiree health benefits; specify level of reduction to retiree health contribution once retiree health fund achieves 100% funding; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.550 to conform language to a recent court decision and specify actual fixed employer rates being paid; provide that the maximum employer contribution rate for new members on or after January 1, 2022, shall be 10.75% for nonuniversity members with 8% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 0.75% to fund retiree health benefits and 9.775% for university members with 5.775% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 2% to fund retiree health benefits; specify level of reduction to employer retiree health contribution once retiree health fund achieves 100% funding; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.600 to provide that new nonuniversity members on or after January 1, 2022, shall be eligible to retire with no reduction in benefits upon attaining age 65 with 5 years of service, age 60 with 10 years of service, or age 55 with 30 years of service or with a reduced benefit at age 55 with 10 years of service; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.620 to provide that new nonuniversity TRS members shall receive a benefit factor in the foundational benefit of 1.7% up to 2.4% based upon the member's age and years of service and new university TRS members shall receive a benefit factor in the foundational benefit of 0.7% up to 1.4% based upon the member's age and years of service; amend KRS 161.655 to increase the life insurance benefit for new members on or after January 1, 2022, from $2,000 and $5,000 while active and from to $5,000 and $10,000 while retired; amend KRS 161.420 to set up stabilization account for new plans for new TRS members; amend KRS 161.661 to provide that TRS shall determine disability benefits by administrative regulation for new TRS members on or after January 1, 2022; repeal, reenact, and amend or repeal and reenact or amend, or amend KRS 161.400, 161.420, 161.470, 161.480, 161.500, 161.507, 161.515, 161.520, 161.522, 161.525, 161.545, 161.5465, 161.547, 161.548, 161.549, 161.568, 161.580, 161.585, 161.590, 161.595, 161.605, 161.612, 161.615, 161.623, 161.630, 161.661, 161.650, 161.700, and 161.714 to make technical and conforming amendments and to conform to a recent court decision; repeal 161.235; provide that the TRS board shall make recommendations to the Public Pension Oversight Board on how and when to distribute actuarial gains to restore previously reduced benefits in the foundational benefit component or distribute additional contributions to the supplemental benefit component; Sections 1 to 41 effective January 1, 2022.

AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System.

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

Rep. Jerry Miller [R]

Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]

Rep. James Tipton [R]

2021-03-29 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 1816 (Y: 25 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-29 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 389 (Y: 63 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2021-03-29 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 388 (Y: 65 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2021-03-16 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 373 (Y: 63 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-03-16 - House - House: Concur SCS 1 RCS# 372 (Y: 57 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2021-03-16 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa1 RSN# 1778 (Y: 25 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 42 (Y: 68 N: 28 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-29	Senate	delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 157)
2021-03-29	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-29	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-29	Senate	received in House
2021-03-29	House	Bill passed 25-13
2021-03-29	House	veto overridden
2021-03-29	House	posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
2021-03-29	House	to Rules (S)
2021-03-29	House	received in Senate
2021-03-29	Senate	Bill passed 63-31
2021-03-29	Senate	veto overridden
2021-03-29	Senate	posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
2021-03-29	Senate	to Rules (H)
2021-03-29	Senate	received in House
2021-03-24	House	Vetoed
2021-03-16	House	delivered to Governor
2021-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-16	House	passed 63-34
2021-03-16	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
2021-03-16	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1)
2021-03-16	House	to Rules (H)
2021-03-16	House	taken from Rules (H)
2021-03-16	House	received in House
2021-03-16	Senate	3rd reading, passed 25-11 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
2021-03-15	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
2021-03-15	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2021-03-15	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2021-03-04	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2021-03-04	Senate	2nd reading
2021-03-04	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2021-03-03	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2021-03-03	Senate	1st reading
2021-03-03	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2021-02-10	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2021-02-04	Senate	received in Senate
2021-02-04	House	3rd reading, passed 68-28
2021-02-04	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2021-02-04	House	taken from Rules (H)
2021-02-04	House	reported favorably, to Rules
2021-02-03	House	returned to State Government (H)
2021-02-03	House	2nd reading
2021-02-03	House	taken from State Government (H)
2021-02-02	House	returned to State Government (H)
2021-02-02	House	1st reading
2021-02-02	House	taken from State Government (H)
2021-02-02	House	posted in committee
2021-01-13	House	to State Government (H)
2021-01-12	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-12	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb258.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb258/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb258/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb258/vote_history.pdf