KY HB4 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-22 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 21)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-22 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 21)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 341.005 to define "enhanced federal benefits" and "state average unemployment rate"; amend KRS 341.100 to define "suitable work" under certain circumstances; amend KRS 341.270 and KRS 341.272 to reduce the minimum period of time for an employer to qualify for a lower contribution rate to four quarters; amend KRS 341.350 to require that eligible recipients engage in five work search activities per week during each week that he or she claims eligibility for benefits; amend KRS 341.380 to change the maximum benefit payable to a worker within a benefit year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 providing for a variable duration of unemployment insurance benefits, ranging from 12 weeks to 24 weeks, based upon the state average unemployment rate at the time of each individual's application for benefits except in certain situations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to allow an employer to notify the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet about each worker who has declined suitable work or has failed to attend a first interview; amend KRS 341.370 to change the conditions under which a worker must be disqualified from receiving benefits during unemployment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to allow the General Assembly to end the Commonwealth's participation in any enhanced benefits program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the General Assembly's approval, which it may withdraw at any time, to participate in any enhanced federal benefits program; amend KRS 341.096 to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 341 to allow employers to submit a plan for a shared work program to the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet for approval; make employees eligible for shared work benefits if they are employed as members of an affected group, under an approved plan, are able to work, and their normal weekly hours are reduced at least ten percent but not more than forty percent; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 explaining that the weekly shared work benefit amount shall be the product of the regular weekly unemployment compensation amount calculated in KRS 341.380 multiplied by the percentage of reduction of at least ten percent in the individual's usual weekly hours of work, and although an individual may be eligible for shared work benefits or regular benefits as appropriate, no individual shall be eligible for combined benefits in any benefit year in an amount greater than his or her maximum benefit as calculated under KRS Chapter 341.380 and no individual shall receive shared work benefits for more than 26 weeks; amend KRS 341.530, 341.080, 341.127, and 341.710 to conform; declare the provisions of this Act severable; allow the Act to be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022.
Title
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Sponsors
| Rep. Russell Webber [R] | Rep. Phillip Pratt [R] | Rep. Mark Hart [R] | Rep. Kim King [R] |
| Rep. William Lawrence [R] | Rep. Shawn McPherson [R] | Rep. David Osborne [R] | Rep. James Tipton [R] |
Roll Calls
2022-03-21 - Senate - Senate: Veto Override RSN# 2167 (Y: 21 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-03-21 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 338 (Y: 57 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-03-08 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 236 (Y: 58 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2022-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 2080 (Y: 22 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 115 (Y: 57 N: 37 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 114 (Y: 31 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 29) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 113 (Y: 33 N: 43 NV: 0 Abs: 23) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 112 (Y: 33 N: 43 NV: 0 Abs: 23) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 111 (Y: 33 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 18) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Lay on the Clerks Desk RCS# 110 (Y: 32 N: 59 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Adopt HFA 12 RCS# 109 (Y: 40 N: 52 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 108 (Y: 60 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 35) [PASS]
2022-03-21 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 338 (Y: 57 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-03-08 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 236 (Y: 58 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2022-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 2080 (Y: 22 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 115 (Y: 57 N: 37 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 114 (Y: 31 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 29) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 113 (Y: 33 N: 43 NV: 0 Abs: 23) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 112 (Y: 33 N: 43 NV: 0 Abs: 23) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 111 (Y: 33 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 18) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Lay on the Clerks Desk RCS# 110 (Y: 32 N: 59 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Adopt HFA 12 RCS# 109 (Y: 40 N: 52 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [FAIL]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 108 (Y: 60 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 35) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-22 | Senate | delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 21) |
| 2022-03-22 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2022-03-22 | Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2022-03-21 | Senate | received in House |
| 2022-03-21 | House | Bill passed 21-12 |
| 2022-03-21 | House | veto overridden |
| 2022-03-21 | House | posted for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2022-03-21 | House | to Rules (S) |
| 2022-03-21 | House | received in Senate |
| 2022-03-21 | Senate | Bill passed 57-38 |
| 2022-03-21 | Senate | veto overridden |
| 2022-03-21 | Senate | posted for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2022-03-18 | Senate | to Rules (H) |
| 2022-03-18 | Senate | received in House |
| 2022-03-18 | House | Vetoed |
| 2022-03-09 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2022-03-09 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2022-03-09 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2022-03-08 | House | passed 58-36 |
| 2022-03-08 | House | House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2022-03-07 | House | posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2022-03-04 | House | to Rules (H) |
| 2022-03-04 | House | received in House |
| 2022-03-03 | Senate | passed 22-13 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2022-03-03 | Senate | floor amendments (1), (2), and (3) withdrawn |
| 2022-03-03 | Senate | 3rd reading |
| 2022-03-03 | Senate | floor amendments (4), (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | floor amendments (1)(2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2022-03-01 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 03, 2022 |
| 2022-03-01 | Senate | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2022-02-28 | Senate | returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) |
| 2022-02-28 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2022-02-28 | Senate | taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) |
| 2022-02-14 | Senate | to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) |
| 2022-02-11 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2022-02-11 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2022-02-10 | House | passed 57-37 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2022-02-10 | House | floor amendment (12) defeated |
| 2022-02-10 | House | 3rd reading |
| 2022-02-10 | House | floor amendments (1), (4), (6), (9), (11) and (12) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2), (3), (5-title), (7), (8) and (10) filed to bill |
| 2022-02-10 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2022-02-10 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2022-02-10 | House | reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2022-02-09 | House | to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) |
| 2022-02-08 | House | returned to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-02-08 | House | 2nd reading |
| 2022-02-08 | House | taken from Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-02-07 | House | returned to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-02-07 | House | 1st reading |
| 2022-02-07 | House | taken from Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-02-02 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-02-02 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Insurance
Labor and Industry
Short Titles and Popular Names
State Agencies
Unemployment Compensation
Wages and Hours
Labor and Industry
Short Titles and Popular Names
State Agencies
Unemployment Compensation
Wages and Hours
