Kentucky House Bill 358 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)
Status: Vetoed on April 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-09 - Vetoed
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to provide that postsecondary education institutions may voluntarily cease participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) by paying the actuarial costs of ceasing participation; require institutions to file request to cease participation by December 31, 2019; define "postsecondary institutions" as Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University, the Kentucky Community Technical College System, and the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation; set actuarial costs for institutions ceasing participation to assumptions in the 2018 actuarial valuation and provide that the institution may pay off the costs over a period not to exceed 25 years at an interest rate of 5.25% per annum; provide that existing employees of a postsecondary institution ceasing participation may, subject to a favorable private letter ruling, elect to continue participating in the system; amend KRS 61.510, 61.520, 61.525, 61.543, and 61.560 to conform; provide that the KERS employer contribution rate shall be 49.47% of pay in FY 2019-2020 for Regional Mental Health Programs, Local and District Health Departments, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child advocacy centers, state supported universities and community colleges, and any other agency eligible to voluntarily cease participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System pursuant to KRS 61.522; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and declaring an emergency.

Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Danny Bentley [R]	Rep. Larry Elkins [R]	Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R]
Rep. Chris Freeland [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Adam Koenig [R]	Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]
Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Michael Meredith [R]	Rep. Russ Meyer [D]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]
Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. David Osborne [R]	Rep. Phillip Pratt [R]	Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]
Rep. Sal Santoro [R]	Rep. Diane St Onge [R]	Rep. Ken Upchurch [R]

2019-03-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 404 (Y: 58 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-28 - House - House: Adopt FCC 1 RCS# 403 (Y: 59 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2019-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/FINAL fccr RSN# 1126 (Y: 26 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/SCS 1 RSN# 973 (Y: 25 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 161 (Y: 76 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-02-27 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 160 (Y: 37 N: 58 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-09	House	Vetoed
2019-03-28	House	delivered to Governor
2019-03-28	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2019-03-28	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2019-03-28	House	Bill passed 58-39
2019-03-28	House	posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
2019-03-28	House	received in House
2019-03-28	Senate	Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
2019-03-28	Senate	Bill passed 26-11
2019-03-28	Senate	Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
2019-03-28	Senate	Free Conference Committee report filed in Senate
2019-03-28	Senate	Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2019-03-28	Senate	Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
2019-03-28	Senate	Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
2019-03-28	Senate	Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2019-03-28	Senate	Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
2019-03-28	Senate	posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2019-03-14	Senate	received in Senate
2019-03-14	House	House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2019-03-13	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2019-03-13	House	to Rules (H)
2019-03-13	House	received in House
2019-03-13	Senate	3rd reading, passed 25-12 with Committee Substitute (1)
2019-03-13	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019
2019-03-12	Senate	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2019-03-06	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2019-03-06	Senate	1st reading
2019-03-06	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2019-03-04	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2019-02-28	Senate	received in Senate
2019-02-27	House	3rd reading, passed 76-21 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
2019-02-27	House	floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3) filed to bill
2019-02-26	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2019-02-21	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2019
2019-02-21	House	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
2019-02-19	House	posted in committee
2019-02-19	House	returned to State Government (H)
2019-02-19	House	1st reading
2019-02-19	House	taken from State Government (H)
2019-02-14	House	to State Government (H)
2019-02-13	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb358.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb358/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb358/bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB358/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/hb358/HCS1AA.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB358/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB358/HFA2.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB358/HFA3.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb358/vote_history.pdf