Kentucky House Bill 500

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-27 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to provide for certain employment activities to be exempt from minimum wage and overtime wage requirements; specify activities and instances that do not require an employer to pay minimum wage or overtime wage; provide for employer requirements regarding lunch periods; amend KRS 337.010 to change the definitions of "employee" and "agriculture"; amend KRS 337.385 to specify instances of employer liability for employee causes of action regarding unpaid wages; specify statute of limitations for employee causes of action for unpaid wages; bar punitive damages; amend KRS 337.990 to remove penalties for repealed statutes; repeal KRS 337.050, 337.355, and 337.365; amend KRS 95A.250, 337.020, 337.420, 337.423, 337.425, 337.427, 337.430, and 337.433 to conform.

AN ACT relating to wages and hours.

Rep. Phillip Pratt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-27	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2024-03-27	House	taken from the Orders of the Day
2024-03-04	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2024-02-29	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2024-02-28	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2024-02-26	House	to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
2024-02-09	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-09	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb500.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb500/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/HB500/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/HB500/HFA1.pdf