Kentucky House Bill 397 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-26 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
Pending: Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards authority to promulgate administrative regulations; require agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer to other interested state agencies; 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; amend KRS 131.190 to require the Department of Revenue to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Unemployment Insurance to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to provide copies to three other state agencies; state that certain sections of the bill may be cited as the Kentucky Workers Fairness Act; Sections 1 to 13, 15, and 16 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

AN ACT creating the Classification of Workers in the Construction Industry Task Force.

Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]	Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Adam Bowling [R]
Rep. Travis Brenda [R]	Rep. Myron Dossett [R]	Rep. Daniel Elliott [R]	Rep. Robert Goforth [R]
Rep. Thomas Huff [R]	Rep. John Sims [D]	Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]

2020-03-19 - House - House: For Consent RCS# 291 (Y: 70 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 16) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-26	Senate	to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	received in Senate
2020-03-19	House	3rd reading, passed 70-14 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
2020-03-18	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
2020-03-17	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-12	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
2020-03-10	House	posted in committee
2020-02-10	House	to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
2020-02-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb397.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb397/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb397/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb397/vote_history.pdf