---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019SS"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Kentucky HB 1 (2019SS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiscal Note", "Actuarial Analysis", "Local Mandate", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement and Pensions", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Hatton", "B. Wheatley", "J. Graviss", "J. Graviss", "J. Tipton", "M. McGarvey", "R. Thomas", "R. Webb"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d6fb5cd-3bd8-43a1-a55c-3348423b8b50"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19SS/hb1.html"
source_hash: "e7f36e0adbf4f6332ea6267c3b0de94877bfd8bdef0aa2f443a1d6c6ae95f4c1"
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 1 (2019SS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and declaring an emergency.

## 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/19SS/hb1/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Hatton — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- J. Graviss — primary (person)
- J. Graviss — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)
- R. Webb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State Government (H)
- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State Government (H)
- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- **2019-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
- **2019-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, July 22, 2019
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (3) ruled not germane to the Governor's Call
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) ruled out of order
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 52-46
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- **2019-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, July 24, 2019
- **2019-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) defeated
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed 27-11 `passage`
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d6fb5cd-3bd8-43a1-a55c-3348423b8b50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).