Kentucky House Bill 33 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-10 - to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
Pending: House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 351.010 to 351.194 to require that miners wear clothing with at least 100 square inches of reflective material while in an underground mine and clothing with at least 50 square inches of reflective material at a surface mine site; require that coal operators provide the reflective clothing at no cost to the miner; amend KRS 351.990 to impose civil penalties on an operator of not less than $250 nor more than $500 for the first violation and not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each subsequent violation.

AN ACT relating to mine safety.

Rep. Chris Harris [D]

Rep. Bobby McCool [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-10	House	to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
2019-01-08	House	introduced in House
2018-12-14	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb33.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb33/orig_bill.pdf