Labor And Industry
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment. [SB-184]
Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to redefine "labor organization" and delete definitions of "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "employer," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "political activities," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/09/2024
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AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [SB-185]
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 151B.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to heat injury prevention. [SB-183]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; require employers who provide services in agriculture, construction, landscaping, and transportation to maintain a written heat illness prevention plan informing employees of policies and procedures to be followed when an employee is suffering from a heat illness; establish a penalty for a violation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to misclassification of employees. [HB-483]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide a remedy for employees misclassified as independent contractors; amend KRS 337.010 to define "independent contractor" and "misclassified"; repeal KRS 336.137.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Stalker
Introduced In House on 02/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to worker fairness in the construction industry. [SB-176]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms; establish a procedure for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.145 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for five years; create new sections of KRS Chapters 341 and 342, and amend KRS 131.190, to require the Department of Revenue, Office of Unemployment Insurance, and the Department of Workers' Claims to provide one another with any assessment or orders arising
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Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to conditions of employment. [SB-182]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or medical contraindication; provide sample form for employee affirmation; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations and a claim under workers' compensation; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
To Health Services (s) on 02/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to worker benefits. [HB-465]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define terms; permit a public or private entity to contribute funds to a portable benefit plan of a self-employed worker without establishing an employer classification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Floor Amendment (1) on 03/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state contracts. [HB-448]
Amend KRS 45A.110 to require the bidder or offeror to attest to not receiving two or more civil penalties under KRS Chapter 337, 338, 339, or 341 in order to be eligible to receive the written determination of responsibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To State Government (h) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to counties and declaring an emergency. [HB-456]
Amends KRS 337.285 to add sheriff’s offices and county police forces to the local government agencies eligible for an exception to overtime compensation, and to list statutory authority for other entities that work with law enforcement departments regarding working hours; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 86) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health. [HB-437]
Amend KRS 338.062 to prohibit the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board or the secretary from enforcing any occupational safety and health administrative regulation that is more stringent than the corresponding federal provision.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Thomas
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages. [HB-417]
Amend KRS 337.275 to raise minimum wage for employers to $9.50 an hour on the effective date of this Act and incrementally thereafter to $15.00 an hour on July 1, 2028; raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $5.00 an hour on the effective date of this Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to outdoor nature-based child care. [HB-423]
Amend KRS 199.894 to define "outdoor nature-based child-care center"; amend KRS 194A.381 to exempt outdoor nature-based child-care centers from the requirements for youth camps; amend KRS 199.8941 to allow monetary incentives for outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8943 to expand the quality rating system to outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.895 to specify evacuation plans for outdoor nature-based child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8951 to establish epinephrine auto-injector requirements for outdoor nature-based
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to volunteer firefighters. [SB-141]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable individual income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow confidential tax return information to be shared with the Legislative Research Commission and Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/31/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to paid parental leave. [SB-142]
Create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to provide an employee of the Commonwealth a paid leave of absence of up to four weeks for the birth, surrogacy, or adoption of a child, or up to two weeks for the placement of a child in foster care or kinship care; establish requirements; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Families & Children (h) on 03/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-401]
Amends KRS 342.0011 to expand the definition of “physician” to include physicians with a license to practice in any jurisdiction in the United States; amends KRS 342.033 to define “physician” to include retired physicians previously authorized to practice in the Commonwealth, who surrendered a medical license while in good standing and who are not subject to an ongoing investigation for improper practices; and amends KRS 342.140 to include unemployment benefits in the average weekly wage calculation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Pollock
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.33) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance benefits and declaring an emergency. [SB-140]
Amends KRS 341.413 to require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to waive overpayments that were not the fault of the recipient for claims between January 27, 2020, and September 6, 2021, and to remove the limiting provisions to ensure the waiver request time frame is unlimited; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 70) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [SB-134]
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 344.140,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 01/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-391]
Repeal and reenact KRS 344.010 to define various terms; 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, relating to prohibited discrimination
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-379]
Amend KRS 342.610 to remove the presumption that the use of an illegal substance prior to an accident caused the injury; provide that the use of an illegal substance shall be the proximate cause of the injury.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/25/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders. [HB-363]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to allow "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, 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 not a direct result of a physical injury physical injury.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roberts
Introduced In House on 01/24/2024