---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's employers, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's employers, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Kentucky HB 8 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Appropriations", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Retirement and Pensions", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "C. McDaniel", "J. DuPlessis", "J. Tipton", "S. Heavrin", "S. Sheldon", "W. Westerfield", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7dd8c93-404b-45a4-8872-ec4a1b563d60"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb8.html"
source_hash: "4f3fa255e2042c49a1b24456076e43de45e2c51ee528a43ba7a03405ceefe142"
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 8 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's employers, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.

## 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/21RS/hb8/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 83** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0083.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb8/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 8 w/ scs1, sfa3 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. McDaniel — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 88-0 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (3) `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (3)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (3)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** passed 94-0 `passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 83) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7dd8c93-404b-45a4-8872-ec4a1b563d60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).