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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to retiree health insurance reimbursements for school district employees."
description: "Amend KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to require the Department of Education to pay to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) the health insurance premium reimbursements required for retirees who participated in a hazardous position prior to July 1, 2003, and are reemployed by a local school board; amend KRS 161.158 to provide that local school board employees who are retirees who participated in a hazardous position prior to July 1, 2003, shall have the cost of their retiree health insurance reimbursed to KPPA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 354"
citation: "Kentucky HB 354 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Retirement and Pensions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DJ Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18cff393-0358-4405-a133-321a3f7fadb3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb354.html"
source_hash: "7792e790cb0f63fa8f2a49ce90deb5fd2af43043f5ade19a4d0e638978c99b1c"
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 354 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to retiree health insurance reimbursements for school district employees.
Amend KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to require the Department of Education to pay to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) the health insurance premium reimbursements required for retirees who participated in a hazardous position prior to July 1, 2003, and are reemployed by a local school board; amend KRS 161.158 to provide that local school board employees who are retirees who participated in a hazardous position prior to July 1, 2003, shall have the cost of their retiree health insurance reimbursed to KPPA.
## 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/24RS/hb354/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 214** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0214.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb354/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS HB 354 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, April 15, 2024
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) withdrawn
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1-title) ruled out of order
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 214) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18cff393-0358-4405-a133-321a3f7fadb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).