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KYHB6PassThe State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer...
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2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 175)
KYHB320PassAmend KRS 337.385 to establish a statute of limitations of two years for wage and hour violations, and three years in the case of willful violations; amend KRS 413.125 to establish a statute of limitations of two years for a violation of KRS Chapter ...
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2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 157)
KYHB596PassAmend KRS 81A.420 to require a city to provide written notice to a county of annexation; eliminate the election in opposition to annexation but allow a petition to defeat annexation proposal; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to make inter...
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2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 158)
KYHB456PassAmend KRS 337.285 to add sheriff's offices and county police forces to the local government agencies eligible for an exception to overtime compensation; EMERGENCY.
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86)
KYHB401PassAmend KRS 342.0011 to expand the definition of "physician" to include physicians with a license issued by any state, Commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States.
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.33)
KYHB465Engross
50%
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.
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2024-03-28
To House Rules Committee
KYHB255Engross
50%
Amend KRS 339.230 to prohibit the Department of Workplace Standards from promulgating regulations on child labor that are more restrictive than those promulgated by the United States Secretary of Labor.
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2024-03-27
To Senate Rules Committee
KYHB500Intro
25%
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; ...
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHCR79Intro
25%
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Workforce Innovation Task Force to conduct a review of current education and workforce development programs and provide recommendations on how to provide effective workforce development to f...
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2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
KYHCR104Intro
25%
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Workforce Growth and Solutions Task Force to study challenges related to workforce participation in the Commonwealth; provide recommendations on how to identify solutions to support workforc...
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2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
KYHB437Intro
25%
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.
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2024-03-01
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
KYHB448Intro
25%
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.
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2024-03-01
To House State Government Committee
KYHB698Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to establish the right to repair agricultural equipment; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB797Intro
25%
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 minimum wage of hourly and tipped e...
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB772Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define "covenant not to compete" and "covered employee"; provide that an employer shall not require a covered employee to enter into a covenant not to compete; set forth civil remedy, damages that can be rec...
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB778Intro
25%
Amend KRS 371.160 to provide that the requirement that the retained amount held back by an owner for improvement of real estate in any contract in the amount of $500,000 or more be deposited into a separate escrow account shall be mandatory and shall...
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB792Intro
25%
Amend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written te...
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB824Intro
25%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms related to employer requirements for victims of domestic violence; require employers to grant leave from work for employees who seek protection or treatment for themselves or a family member due ...
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB669Intro
25%
Amend KRS 341.020 to include gender-neutral language.
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2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB168Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services...
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2024-02-16
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
KYHB568Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to define "educator" and set out when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims for educators when no physical injury exists; amend KRS 342.0011 to clarify definition of "injury" to include ...
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2024-02-15
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB558Intro
25%
Amend KRS 154.26-050 to include gender-neutral language.
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2024-02-15
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB576Intro
25%
Amend KRS 337.010 to change the definition of "employee" and to add the definition of "worker with a disability"; amend KRS 337.275 to require all employers to pay all employees, including workers with a disability, a minimum wage and increase the st...
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2024-02-15
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB539Intro
25%
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 provi...
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2024-02-14
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB541Intro
25%
Amend KRS 337.010 to remove exemptions in definition of employee for agricultural workers and domestic service workers; amend KRS 342.630 to indicate that agricultural employers are subject to KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 342.650 to remove exemptions f...
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2024-02-14
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB540Intro
25%
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to define terms; 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...
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2024-02-14
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB537Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms; require all employers to grant an employee at least 10 days bereavement leave, with a minimum of three days paid, following the death, miscarriage, or stillbirth of a child, or death of a depen...
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2024-02-14
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB523Intro
25%
Amend KRS 341.350 to change the number of verifiable work search activities from five to two and the number of applications for employment or interviewing for employment from three to one.
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2024-02-13
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB33Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a crew of at least two persons during the operation of a train; provide exceptions; amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties for crews of less than two persons.
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2024-02-09
To House Transportation Committee
KYHB508Intro
25%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to establish 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.
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2024-02-09
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB507Intro
25%
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 all other definitions; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS...
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2024-02-09
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB504Intro
25%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms and make the termination of employment without cause unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge; specify when the employers' internal procedures are to be used.
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2024-02-09
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB483Intro
25%
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.
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2024-02-07
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB417Intro
25%
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 effecti...
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2024-01-30
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB423Intro
25%
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...
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2024-01-30
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB391Intro
25%
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, 3...
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2024-01-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB379Intro
25%
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.
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2024-01-25
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB363Intro
25%
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 est...
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2024-01-24
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB355Intro
25%
Repeal KRS 338.062, relating to occupational safety and health standards.
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2024-01-24
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB362Intro
25%
Amend KRS 337.415 to define terms "crime," "immediate family," and "victim"; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with the prosecut...
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2024-01-24
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB351Intro
25%
Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.
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2024-01-23
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB326Intro
25%
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 45A, 56, and 65 to require that state and local contracts contain a provision that any iron, steel, aluminum, or manufactured goods used in all state and local projects be manufactured in the United States unless a...
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2024-01-22
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB337Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated...
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2024-01-22
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB312Intro
25%
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit an employer from conditioning employment or employment benefits on an employee signing types of nondisclosure agreements related to unlawful acts in the workplace; clarify statutory construction; cr...
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2024-01-19
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB291Intro
25%
Amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, 344.100, and 344.110 to add protections against discrimination based on weight.
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2024-01-17
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB284Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to prohibit theft of wages; define terms and establish penalties; amend KRS 336.080 to permit the secretary to enter places of employment without unreasonable delay; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner ...
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2024-01-17
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB237Intro
25%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 requiring employers to give employees a good-faith schedule of hours to be worked, to have a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, to post weekly schedules at least seven days in...
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2024-01-11
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB210Intro
25%
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-cert...
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2024-01-09
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB196Intro
25%
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...
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2024-01-09
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB195Intro
25%
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "family care leave," "family member," "health care provider," "same employer," and "serious health condition"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to prohibit employers from refusing to grant a qualified employee famil...
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2024-01-09
To House Committee On Committees
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