---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to changes in pension payments due to overtime worked during a local emergency and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 61.598 to exempt from the anti-pension spiking provisions any overtime directly attributable to a local government emergency in which the Governor calls in the Kentucky National Guard; make amendments retroactive to May 30, 2020; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Kentucky HB 49 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Retirement and Pensions", "Retroactive Legislation", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Wheatley", "C. Massey", "J. Miller", "K. Banta", "M. Cantrell", "M. Hart", "M. Prunty", "P. Pratt", "S. Sheldon", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-08-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a98dd3-2608-4a93-98dd-aa8b98016b5b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb49.html"
source_hash: "8a3e3c64f73c12d70f9842c8c1fc92b59207adefdaf5524e6e377c4ea6c57a9b"
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 49 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to changes in pension payments due to overtime worked during a local emergency and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 61.598 to exempt from the anti-pension spiking provisions any overtime directly attributable to a local government emergency in which the Governor calls in the Kentucky National Guard; make amendments retroactive to May 30, 2020; 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/22RS/hb49/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0100.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb49/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 49 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- M. Cantrell — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-11T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 100) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66a98dd3-2608-4a93-98dd-aa8b98016b5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).