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House Bill 392

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Last Action	03/28/24: returned to State & Local Government (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	1847
Sponsor	J. Hodgson
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 18A.230 to define "self-directed brokerage account" (SDBA); amend KRS 18A.235 to authorize the board of trustees of the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority (KY Deferred Comp) to purchase fiduciary liability insurance and reimburse its trustees, officers, and employees for legal expenses relating to performance of their duties; amend KRS 18A.245 to authorize KY Deferred Comp to offer SDBAs to its participants, contract with SDBA vendors, and promulgate administrative regulations relating to SDBAs for its participants; require the plans offered by KY Deferred Comp to conform to federal laws and regulations; authorize KY Deferred Comp to promulgate administrative regulations; make technical changes; amend KRS 18A.255 to provide that KY Deferred Comp and its board of trustees are not liable for a participant's investment in a SDBA; codify the fiduciary duties of the board of trustees; exempt the trustees from legal action for monetary damages unless the person bringing the action proves by clear and convincing evidence that a trustee's breach or failure to perform the trustee's fiduciary duty is a willful, wanton, or reckless act; amend KRS 18A.260 to require assets held by KY Deferred Comp to be invested consistent with its statutory authority and to limit investments in a SDBA to securities registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Index Headings of Original Version	State Agencies - Kentucky deferred compensation authority, housekeeping bill State Agencies - Kentucky deferred compensation authority, self-directed brokerage accounts, authorization State Employees - Deferred compensation, self-directed brokerage accounts, investment Fiduciaries - Kentucky deferred compensation authority, board of trustees, duties Retirement and Pensions - Kentucky deferred compensation authority, housekeeping bill Retirement and Pensions - Kentucky deferred compensation participants, self-directed brokerage accounts, investment
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01/29/24	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/14/24	to State Government (H)
02/15/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/16/24	2nd reading, to Rules
02/21/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2024
02/22/24	3rd reading, passed 93-0
02/23/24	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/08/24	to State & Local Government (S)
03/28/24	taken from State & Local Government (S) 1st reading returned to State & Local Government (S)

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