---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 484"
citation: "Kentucky HB 484 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Local Mandate", "Local Government", "Retirement and Pensions", "Cities", "Counties", "Fiscal Note"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57a939fd-b9ae-48f8-9f52-9a2f57fa3980"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb484.html"
source_hash: "981c2bfb3466271d4f9c51c684b26f416bbd8682f1c73c354c4daa7fd74d1f20"
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 484 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb484/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb484/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 484 W/ sfa3, sfa4, sfa5, sfta6 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-4 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) filed
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (5) and (6-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-1 with floor amendments (3) (4) (5) and (6-title) `passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (3) (4) (5) and (6-title)
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate floor amendments (3) (4) (5) and (6-title)
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed 78-4 `passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 79) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57a939fd-b9ae-48f8-9f52-9a2f57fa3980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).