Labor And Industry
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly. [SCR-111]
Establish the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alice Kerr
To Economic Development, Tourism, And Labor (s) on 01/31/2020
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AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-352]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2019-2020: $21,535,000, 2020-2021: $1,793,871,500, 2021-2022: $1,813,688,900; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $33,195,900, 2021-2022: $36,055,300; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2020-2021: $5,183,508,800, 2021-2022: $5,228,565,200; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $615,595,100, 2021-2022: $617,246,200; appropriate to the Energy and Environment Cabinet: 2019-2020:
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Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 92) on 04/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-330]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to 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, discrimination,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/29/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to welding safety. [HB-306]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (s) on 02/18/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment discrimination based on smoking. [SB-98]
Amend KRS 344.040 to remove protections against employment discrimination based on an individual's status as a smoker or nonsmoker.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
To Judiciary (s) on 01/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a drug-free workplace. [SB-96]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to provide definitions and to require public employers to have an appeals process for an employee who violates a drug-free policy using legal industrial products; amend KRS 18A.043 to require an appeals process for those public employers who require drug testing; amend KRS 304.13-167 to require Section 2 be complied with by public employers and suggested for private employers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Perry Clark
To Economic Development, Tourism, And Labor (s) on 01/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly. [HCR-39]
Establish the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Hinkle
Recommitted To Small Business & Information Technology (h) on 02/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment. [HB-251]
Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to amend definition of "labor organization" and delete definitions of "employer" and "employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-239]
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. Danny Bentley
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-225]
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 include a prohibition against discrimination because of sexual orientation and 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 sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/13/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees. [HB-231]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 336, relating to collective bargaining for public employees; amend KRS 336.010 to define "public employees"; amend KRS 336.130 to allow employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to collectively bargain.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To State Government (h) on 01/13/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-211]
Amend KRS 342.020 to require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks; amend KRS 342.990 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-125]
Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner 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; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to earned paid sick leave. [HB-123]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees; provide that employees earn paid sick leave upon the date of hire and can use the leave after being employed for 90 days; set forth allowable uses of earned paid sick time; designate how notice of need to use sick time is provided by employees; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalty for employers that fail to follow paid sick leave requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages for employment. [HB-109]
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. Russ Meyer
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages. [SB-13]
Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2020, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2021, $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2022, $11 per hour on July 1, 2023, $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2024, $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2025, $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2026, and $15 per hour on July 1, 2027, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to call centers. [HB-13]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require an employer intending to relocate a call center from Kentucky to a foreign country to notify the secretary of the Labor Cabinet at least 120 days prior to such relocation; require the secretary to compile a list of employers that have relocated a call center to a foreign country; amend KRS 337.990 to create a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation; provide short title.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to evidence-based budget allocations by providing for the formation of the Office for Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance within the Office of State Budget Director, the establishment of an evidence-based program inventory, the regular evaluation of state programs, the elimination of ineffective state programs, and the creation of an evaluation officer position within state agencies. [HB-64]
Amend KRS 11.068 to abolish the Governor's Office for Policy Research and to create the Governor's Office for Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance within the Office of State Budget Director; create new sections in KRS Chapter 11 to define terms, require an inventory of evidence-based programs, create the evidence building workgroup, require reporting by the program agencies, and lapse state funding for any program if the program agency does not comply with the reporting requirements; amend KRS 48.110 and 48.180 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maria Sorolis
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages. [HB-39]
Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2020, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2021, $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2022, $11 per hour on July 1, 2023, $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2024, $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2025, $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2026, and $15 per hour on July 1, 2027, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants. [HB-43]
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; title the Act "Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act."
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020