KY HB256 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-23 - to Rules (H)
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to set forth legislative findings and declarations behind employee misclassification problems; provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant commissioner authority to promulgate administrative regulations; require agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer to other interested state agencies; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.485 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for two years; amend KRS 131.190 to require the Department of Revenue to provide copies to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Employment and Training to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner to provide copies to three other state agencies.

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Title

AN ACT relating to misclassification of employees in the construction industry.

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-23Houseto Rules (H)
2015-03-23Housetaken from the Regular Orders of the Day
2015-02-26Housefloor amendments (4) (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (7-title) filed
2015-02-26Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2015
2015-02-26Housereported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
2015-02-24Housereturned to Labor & Industry (H)
2015-02-24House2nd reading
2015-02-24Housetaken from Labor & Industry (H)
2015-02-23Housereturned to Labor & Industry (H)
2015-02-23House1st reading
2015-02-23Housetaken from Labor & Industry (H)
2015-02-09Houseposted in committee
2015-02-05Houseto Labor & Industry (H)
2015-02-03Houseintroduced in House

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