2018 Kentucky Senate Bill 151

Senate Bill 151, also known as SB 151, is a pension bill passed on March 29, 2018, by the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives. The bill includes increases for cost of living, ends the inviolable contract for new teachers hired after January 1, 2019, and requires employees hired between 2003 and 2008 to pay an additional 1 percent of their pay for health care benefits in retirement. The bill received considerable criticism, especially from teachers. On December 13, 2018, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the bill was unconstitutional, preventing it from going into effect on January 1, 2019.