---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to life insurance for public employees. Amend KRS 18A.205 to permit certain individuals participating in an optional retirement plan authorized by KRS 161.567, certain individuals employed by a public postsecondary educational institution or certain local governments, and any certified or classified employee or elected member of a local board of education to obtain life insurance under the state-sponsored group life insurance policy or policies if the individual's employer opts to participate in the state-sponsored group life insurance program; amend KRS 18A.210 and 18A.215 to conform."
description: "AN ACT relating to life insurance for public employees. Amend KRS 18A.205 to permit certain individuals participating in an optional retirement plan authorized by KRS 161.567, certain individuals employed by a public postsecondary educational institution or certain local governments, and any certified or classified employee or elected member of a local board of education to obtain life insurance under the state-sponsored group life insurance policy or policies if the individual's employer opts to participate in the state-sponsored group life insurance program; amend KRS 18A.210 and 18A.215 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Kentucky HB 158 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6113acd-8a0a-4ecf-a5d2-5b76f4d7af1b"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB158.htm"
source_hash: "250e7db72d190d9dc8b93805ed39c70eadde96ad8a790a0a7f192e2935c59c28"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 158 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to life insurance for public employees. Amend KRS 18A.205 to permit certain individuals participating in an optional retirement plan authorized by KRS 161.567, certain individuals employed by a public postsecondary educational institution or certain local governments, and any certified or classified employee or elected member of a local board of education to obtain life insurance under the state-sponsored group life insurance policy or policies if the individual's employer opts to participate in the state-sponsored group life insurance program; amend KRS 18A.210 and 18A.215 to conform.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB158/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Rowland — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-24** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
- **2018-01-29** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2018-01-30** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-31** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-01** To Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
- **2018-03-21** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 80) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6113acd-8a0a-4ecf-a5d2-5b76f4d7af1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).