KY HB1 | 2014 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-20 - reassigned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Pending: Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Summary

Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.10 per hour on July 1, 2014, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2015, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2016; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2015; amendments to KRS 337.423 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2016.

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Title

AN ACT relating to wages.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2014-03-20Senatereassigned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2014-02-12Senateto State & Local Government (S)
2014-02-07Senatereceived in Senate
2014-02-06House3rd reading, passed 54-44 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1), floor amendments (8) and (9)
2014-02-06Housefloor amendment (9) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (8) filed
2014-02-06Housefloor amendments (5) (6) and (7-title) withdrawn
2014-02-05Housefloor amendments (4) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (5) and (7-title) filed
2014-02-03Housefloor amendment (3) filed
2014-01-31Housefloor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2014-01-31Houseplaced in the Orders of the Day for Monday, February 3, 2014
2014-01-31Housetaken from Rules
2014-01-31House2nd reading, to Rules
2014-01-30Housereported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2014-01-23Houseposted in committee
2014-01-08Houseto Labor & Industry (H)
2014-01-07Houseintroduced in House

Kentucky State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1.htm
Texthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/bill.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HCS1.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HCA1.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA1.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA2.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA3.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA4.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA5.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA6.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA7.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA8.doc
Amendmenthttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HFA9.doc
Supplementhttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/LM.doc
Supplementhttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/HCS1LM.doc
Supplementhttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1/vote_history.pdf

Bill Comments

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