# Kentucky HB 73: AN ACT relating to employers of the Teachers' Retirement System. Kentucky HB 73, AN ACT relating to employers of the Teachers' Retirement System., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by DJ Johnson (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB73-2025RS - 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 73 - State: Kentucky - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT relating to employers of the Teachers' Retirement System. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-07 - Last action: 2025-03-24, signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64) - Sponsor: DJ Johnson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education, Elementary and Secondary, Retirement and Pensions, State Agencies, Actuarial Analysis - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (131 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Retirement coverage for more Kentucky education workers: benefit, high. The law includes qualifying WeLeadCS staff in the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System. WeLeadCS is the state’s virtual computer science career academy. Coverage also includes former Education Professional Standards Board staff transferred to the Kentucky Department of Education under Executive Ord… - Yearly pension debt breakdown for education employers: mixed, low. The Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System must show each participating employer’s share of pension liability in its yearly financial review. This liability measures pension benefits earned so far. The system’s consulting actuary determines each share using the worker’s or retiree’s last participatin… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: DJ Johnson (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-13 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 94 | 1 | | ## Actions (19) - 2025-03-24: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64) - 2025-03-14: delivered to Governor - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (House) - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-03-14: received in House (House) - 2025-03-13: 3rd reading, passed 37-0 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: 2nd reading, to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-11: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-04: to State & Local Government (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-27: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-27: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-26: 3rd reading, passed 94-1 with Committee Substitute (1) (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 with Committee Substitute (1) (House) - 2025-02-04: to State Government (H) (House) - 2025-01-07: to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-01-07: introduced in House (House) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb73/bill.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-03: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb73/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb73/bill.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb73/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-HB73-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).