---
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: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Kentucky HB 9 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Retirement and Pensions", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "D. Fister", "M. Meredith", "P. Pratt", "R. Webber", "S. Rudy", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d73ab1-717f-4afe-a323-65112e9bd7b9"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb9.html"
source_hash: "1a7048065dbbf9908d55602183eb61d05b4def1b14ce36a07fd7aeb25a91371c"
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 9 (2021RS) — 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/21RS/hb9/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0102.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb9/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 9 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with floor amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 11, 2021
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 102) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d73ab1-717f-4afe-a323-65112e9bd7b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).