republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-70.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board.	Amend KRS 7A.220 to amend the membership and membership qualifications of the Public Pension Oversight Board by adding the chairs or vice chairs of the Senate State & Local Government Standing Committee and House State Government Standing Committee to the board, adding the State Treasurer to the membership, removing 1 of the gubernatorial appointees from the membership, and amending "retirement experience" requirements for appointed members to include experience in retirement plan management or policy by a former elected official; make technical and conforming changes; amend KRS 7A.255 to require the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to annually report line of duty death benefit payments to the Public Pension Oversight Board in addition to line of duty disability benefit payments; make technical amendments; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 70	Kentucky SB 70 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Effective Dates Delayed General Assembly Governor Legislative Research Commission Reports Mandated Retirement And Pensions State Agencies	enacted	G. Elkins J. Higdon R. Mills	2	20	2	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/049d89c1-5607-49cd-925c-2ebe91f03271	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb70.html	5b8d82c75f41a0fb6c577e7e67fac8107584e4ecf86bd5a34bef0f0b70646145	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 70 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board.

Amend KRS 7A.220 to amend the membership and membership qualifications of the Public Pension Oversight Board by adding the chairs or vice chairs of the Senate State & Local Government Standing Committee and House State Government Standing Committee to the board, adding the State Treasurer to the membership, removing 1 of the gubernatorial appointees from the membership, and amending "retirement experience" requirements for appointed members to include experience in retirement plan management or policy by a former elected official; make technical and conforming changes; amend KRS 7A.255 to require the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to annually report line of duty death benefit payments to the Public Pension Oversight Board in addition to line of duty disability benefit payments; make technical amendments; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 97–1 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 70 — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• J. Higdon — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 20 2026
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 to State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-1 passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/049d89c1-5607-49cd-925c-2ebe91f03271. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).