Kentucky House Bill 118

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-03 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission annually the number of claims paid involving domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.360 to conform; amend KRS 341.550 to prevent benefit payments from pooled account from impacting an employer's experience rating; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to direct the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.

AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Samara Heavrin [R]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]
Rep. Rachel Roarx [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-03	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb118.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb118/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb118/LM.pdf