Public Pensions Working Group

The 2019 General Assembly has kicked off and KRTA staff and volunteers were in Frankfort early last week meeting with newly elected legislators, legislative leadership, and veteran legislators.

Late Friday afternoon Senate President Robert Stivers and House Speaker David Osborne announced a panel to “conduct a review of the pension systems’ structures, costs, benefits and funding.” KRTA will be in attendance and we will keep you posted.

Co-chairs of the panel are:

• Sen. Wil Schroder, R-Wilder
• Rep. Jerry Miller, R-Louisville

Other members are:

• Sen. Stivers, R-Manchester;
• Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown;
• Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon;
• Sen. Christian McDaniel, R-Taylor Mill;
• Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville;
• Senate Minority Caucus Chairman Johnny Ray Turner, D-Prestonsburg;
• House Minority Caucus Chairman Derrick Graham, D-Frankfort;
• Rep. R. Travis Brenda, R-Crab Orchard;
• Rep. Jim DuPlessis, R-Elizabethtown;
• Rep. Scott Lewis, R-Hartford;
• Rep. Diane St. Onge, R-Fort Wright
• Rep. Buddy Wheatley, D-Covington

It is our hope this panel will not revisit the rhetoric of 2018, and instead work with real numbers and include stakeholders in all conversations. KRTA intends reach out to panel members and convey this message.

News Story Links

Courier-Journal – Kentucky Legislators Hit the Reset Button on Pension Reform
Lane Report – Lawmakers Begin Work of Public Pension Working Group
Pensions & investments – New Kentucky Public Pension Working Group Convenes
WPSD Local 6 – Kentucky Legislature Forms Bipartisan Working Group