Kentucky House Bill 209 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 provide previous salary, except to allow a request for information voluntarily provided in response to an offer of employment; allow previous salary to be considered when required by law, when discovered while looking at other nonsalary information, and for public employee positions; require notice to be posted for employees; amend KRS 337.990 to assess a civil penalty for a violation.

AN ACT relating to wages for employment.

Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb209.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb209/orig_bill.pdf