2025 Regular SessionKentucky Legislature

HB441: AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement in the Teachers' Retirement System.

Legislative Summary

Amend KRS 161.605, relating to the Teachers' Retirement System, to remove language requiring superintendents to make every reasonable effort to hire qualified applicants for teaching and nonteaching positions, increase the percentage of retired members that an employer can employ full-time from three percent to 10 percent, increase the number of retired members that a local school district may employ under the critical shortage provision from one percent of total active members employed by the school district or two members to 10 percent or four members, remove Kentucky Virtual High School the list of schools the Department of Education operates, remove the pension waiver program, and make technical changes; amend KRS 156.106 to remove language requiring superintendents to make every reasonable effort to hire qualified applicants for critical shortage areas; direct that current participants in the pension waiver program may continue to participate.

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Bill History

2/12/2025
introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
2/14/2025
to State Government (H)
House of Representatives
2/20/2025
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
House of Representatives
2/21/2025
2nd reading, to Rules
House of Representatives
2/21/2025
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
House of Representatives
2/25/2025
3rd reading, passed 97-0
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
received in Senate
Senate
2/26/2025
to Committee on Committees (S)
Senate
2/28/2025
to State & Local Government (S)
Senate
3/5/2025
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
Senate
3/6/2025
2nd reading, to Rules
Senate
3/7/2025
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Senate
3/11/2025
3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
Senate
3/11/2025
received in House
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
to Rules (H)
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
passed 100-0
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
delivered to Governor
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 144)
House of Representatives

Amendments

Senate Committee Substitute

Senate Committee Substitute 1

Not Adopted

Senate Committee Substitute

Actuarial Analysis to Senate Committee Substitute 1

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House: Third Reading RCS# 362
3/28/2025
100
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 3473
3/11/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Third Reading RCS# 68
2/25/2025
97
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/1/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Republican: 1
Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

James Tipton
James Tipton
Republican

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text1/1/197066.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/1/197065.3 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text1/1/197068.0 KB
Chaptered
Bill Text1/1/197053.4 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image4/3/202542.6 KB