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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 445

AN ACT relating to a cost-of-living increase to the retirement benefits for retired state employees, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Actuarial Analysis, Appropriations, Budget And Financial Administration, Effective Dates, Emergency, Police, State, Retirement And Pensions, State Employees
Introduced / first action
2026-01-21 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Appropriate $221.4 million, $18.7 million, and $16 million in fiscal year 2026-2027 for the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) nonhazardous pension fund, the KERS hazardous pension fund, and the State Police Retirement System pension fund, respectively, to provide a one-time 2% COLA effective July 1, 2026; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. to State Government (H)

    referral-committee
  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  3. introduced in House

    introduction

Recorded votes

Roll calls

No recorded vote is supplied for this bill.

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Related measures

No resolvable related measure is supplied.