AN ACT relating to membership dates in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.

Amend KRS 61.510 to change the current definition of "membership date" in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System to remove date restrictions regarding educational contracts and allow any member who entered into an educational contract as a conditional employee of the state of Kentucky to have their system membership date, for purposes of retirement benefits determination, be based upon the earliest date of the contract.

Introduced: January 7, 2026

Last action: January 14, 2026

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This bill would change how the Kentucky Employees Retirement System calculates the membership start date for certain state employees who were hired through educational contracts. Under the proposed change, those employees could use the earliest date of their educational contract as their official membership date, which could affect how their retirement benefits are calculated. Currently, date restrictions limit when that membership period can begin. Who it may affect: state employees who were hired as conditional employees through educational contracts and are members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.

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