FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Placement agents involved in financial investments made by the Kentucky Retirement Systems would be subject to the state's ethics laws under a bill that cleared the Senate on Monday.

The legislation is an offshoot of a state audit that raised questions about the use of placement agents who advise the state about how to invest retirement funds for teachers and government workers.

It passed the Senate 36-0.

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