# Kentucky HB 441: AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement in the Teachers' Retirement System. Kentucky HB 441, AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement in the Teachers' Retirement System., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by James Tipton (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-01 (signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 144)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB441-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kentucky HB 441 - State: Kentucky - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement in the Teachers' Retirement System. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Last action: 2025-04-01, signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 144) - Sponsor: James Tipton (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Education, Elementary and Secondary, Retirement and Pensions, Teachers, Actuarial Analysis - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (234 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Working teacher retirees keep health coverage: benefit, medium. Teachers’ Retirement System annuitants keep their health coverage when returning to an employer outside a state-administered retirement system. They do not have to take that employer’s health insurance. Continued coverage and benefits remain subject to the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. - More school jobs for retired educators: benefit, medium. The law raises the general full-time hiring limit for retired educators from 3% to 10% of an employer’s full-time active membership. School districts can seek yearly approval from the Kentucky Department of Education to exceed their quota. The retirement system’s actuary can recommend a lower limit… - More shortage jobs with retiree pay protections: benefit, medium. Districts can hire retirees for full-time or part-time shortage-area teaching and administrative jobs without the usual earnings limits. The district limit rises from the greater of two retirees or 1% of full-time active members to four or 10%, whichever is greater. Districts no longer need to conf… - Pension waiver option closes to new retirees: cost, medium. Retired educators can no longer newly enroll in the pension-waiver option for full-time work covered by the Teachers’ Retirement System. That option allowed retirees to stop pension payments, contribute on their new salary, and potentially have their pension recalculated. Retirees already participa… - Retiree job exception drops virtual high school: cost, low. The law removes Kentucky Virtual High School from the listed schools covered by a retiree hiring exception. The exception still allows jobs without the usual earnings limits in eligible shortage areas at Department of Education schools. These include the Kentucky School for the Blind and Kentucky S… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: James Tipton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Beverly Chester-Burton (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Grossberg (Democrat), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-28 | Senate | passed | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-03-11 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 97 | 0 | | ## Actions (23) - 2025-04-01: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 144) - 2025-03-28: delivered to Governor - 2025-03-28: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-28: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (Senate) - 2025-03-28: passed 100-0 (Senate) - 2025-03-28: House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) (Senate) - 2025-03-12: posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) (Senate) - 2025-03-11: to Rules (H) (House) - 2025-03-11: received in House (House) - 2025-03-11: 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-06: 2nd reading, to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-05: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) (Senate) - 2025-02-28: to State & Local Government (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-26: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-26: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-25: 3rd reading, passed 97-0 (House) - 2025-02-21: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-21: 2nd reading, to Rules (House) - 2025-02-20: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (House) - 2025-02-14: to State Government (H) (House) - 2025-02-12: to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-02-12: introduced in House (House) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb441/bill.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb441/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. (became law) - HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. (signed) - HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development. (signed) - HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. (signed) - HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. (signed) - HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. (signed) ## Sources - [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb441/bill.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb441/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related - [HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB501-2025RS) - [HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB664-2025RS) - [HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB606-2025RS) - [HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB421-2025RS) - [HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB555-2025RS) - [HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB493-2025RS) - [Kentucky bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky/bills) - [Kentucky state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB441-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).