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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-293]
Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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AN ACT relating to veterans' resources. [HB-265]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Department of Workplace Standards consult with the Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster for display in businesses with more than 50 full-time employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby McCool
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the posting of veterans' benefits and services. [HB-253]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services document in a conspicuous and accessible place.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby McCool
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the administration of payroll systems and declaring an emergency. [SB-7]
Amend KRS 336.180 to define "political activities," "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "labor organization," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.134 to prohibit any deduction from the wages of any public employee for any dues, fees, or charges associated with a labor organization or for political activities without a written authorization from the public employee; create new sections
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 133) on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants. [HB-228]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; provide that the Act may be cited as the Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/08/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders. [HB-219]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to allow "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when no physical injury exists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Introduced In House on 02/08/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages for employment. [HB-209]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to make it a discriminatory employment action if an employer asks questions about previous salary or wages, relies on previous salary when setting a new salary, or refuses to hire if an applicant does not provide previous salary, except to allow a request for information voluntarily provided in response to an offer of employment; allow previous salary to be considered when required by law, when discovered while looking at other nonsalary information, and for public employee positions; require notice to be
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to an economic development taxpayer transplant program. [HB-152]
Create a new section of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Taxpayer Transplant Program to recruit remote workers and employees to the Commonwealth; establish program guidelines and require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to issue a request for proposal for the contracted company to invest in the program and recruit, market, and offer incentive grants to attract qualified employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to authorize the Department of Revenue to issue annual disbursements to the contracted company
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Sponsored by: Rep. Russell Webber
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kenneth C. Smith III as administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. [SR-45]
Confirm the appointment of Kenneth C. Smith III as administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Thursday, March 30, 2023 on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-146]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Unemployment Insurance to advise a claimant approved for benefits of additional benefits, training opportunities, and financial aid resources available; amend KRS 341.005 to add training provided under the Trade Act of 1974 to the definition of approved training, and add disaster unemployment assistance and trade readjustment allowances to the programs not considered as enhanced benefits; amend KRS 341.100 create comprehensive list of conditions the secretary shall take into consideration
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Sponsored by: Rep. Russell Webber
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 80) on 03/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-147]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to define terms; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. [SB-65]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation and any subsequently filed amendments after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2022 legislative interim; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 137) on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employee child-care assistance. [HB-165]
Amend KRS 199.883 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report to the LRC regarding the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program starting on December 15, 2023; and amend KRS 199.887 to permit a child-care provider to terminate an active contract created pursuant to the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 24) on 03/20/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wage transparency. [HB-198]
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "job posting" and "wage range"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require all employers to include the wages or wage range for the advertised position in any job posting; amend KRS 95A.250 and 337.020 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health care workplace safety. [HB-176]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; obligate the cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop guidelines for health facilities conducting workplace safety assessments and creating a workplace safety plan; require the cabinet to audit health facilities for compliance; require health facilities to create a workplace safety assessment and a workplace safety plan; obligate health facilities to provide trainings on the workplace safety assessment and plan; obligate health facilities to develop internal reporting requirements
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 100) on 03/24/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Scott C. Wilhoit as commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims. [SR-44]
Confirm the appointment of Scott C. as commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Posted For Passage In The Consent Orders Of The Day For Thursday, March 30, 2023 on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to immunization policy. [HB-137]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 164 to allow a student, staff, or faculty member to opt out of a postsecondary school's immunization policy for specific reasons; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a public entity from creating standardized documentation with the purpose of certifying vaccination status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to require written notice of vaccination exemptions for a sincerely held religious belief or medical contraindication; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/06/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-122]
Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists;
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to electrical inspectors. [HB-113]
Amend KRS 227.491 to authorize electrical inspectors to perform electrical work outside the jurisdiction where they serve as electrical inspectors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/09/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims. [HB-121]
Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023