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| Bill | AN ACT relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding. | Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716, relating to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), to require that once the TRS retiree health fund has an actuarial funding level of at least 100%, then the employer funding for retiree health shall be used to pay down the unfunded liability of the TRS pension fund; require that if the actuarial funding level of the TRS retiree health fund falls below 95%, then the employer funding shall be restored to the retiree health fund until the retiree health fund is 100% funded; amend KRS 161.540, 161.550, and 161.675 to provide that the TRS board of trustees shall not recommend changes to the General Assembly to reduce employee or employer funding for retiree health or reduce board adopted charges under the shared responsibility provisions for health benefits for retirees under the age of 65 until the pension and retiree health funds are each 100% funded; amend KRS 161.420 to conform. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2025RS | HB 694 | Kentucky HB 694 (2025RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 46 | 5 | 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 | 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/c6de43fd-860d-4793-bbdd-4c293a5b68ea | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb694.html | 654a054e935f1a3113771142c7a5f0f119412764cd9d3244b93f9ec954f96729 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky HB 694 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding.
Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716, relating to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), to require that once the TRS retiree health fund has an actuarial funding level of at least 100%, then the employer funding for retiree health shall be used to pay down the unfunded liability of the TRS pension fund; require that if the actuarial funding level of the TRS retiree health fund falls below 95%, then the employer funding shall be restored to the retiree health fund until the retiree health fund is 100% funded; amend KRS 161.540, 161.550, and 161.675 to provide that the TRS board of trustees shall not recommend changes to the General Assembly to reduce employee or employer funding for retiree health or reduce board adopted charges under the shared responsibility provisions for health benefits for retirees under the age of 65 until the pension and retiree health funds are each 100% funded; amend KRS 161.420 to conform.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 126 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASS HB 694 W/ sfa1 — 28–9 (pass) · lower
- Override Veto Final Passage HB 694 — 29–8 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 67–27 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 77–18 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 67–20 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
committee-passage - 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 77-18
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction - 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed
amendment-introduction - 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendment (2)
- 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed 28-9 with Floor Amendment (1)
passage - 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules (H)
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed 67-20
passage - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed
executive-veto - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden
veto-override-passage - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 67-27
passage - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden
veto-override-passage - 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 29-8
passage - 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 126)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6de43fd-860d-4793-bbdd-4c293a5b68ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).