---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to reemployment of elected officials."
description: "AN ACT relating to reemployment of elected officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Kentucky HB 55 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement and Pensions", "State Agencies", "Actuarial Analysis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Osborne", "J. Miller", "P. Pratt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312d9bed-8147-47b5-8162-019041a05a9c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb55.html"
source_hash: "7118f8c5dd5f8770fed8c0b8fb4e2b54e05132df918808924fb4874ac65db2d6"
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 55 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to reemployment of elected officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb55/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 11, 2019
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-1 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 189) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/312d9bed-8147-47b5-8162-019041a05a9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).