| Last Action | 02/21/25: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 429 |
| Sponsors | M. Meredith, K. Jackson, C. Aull, A. Camuel, R. Duvall, R. Roarx |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Fire Prevention - Municipal firefighter work schedules Firefighters and Fire Departments - City and urban-county firefighter work schedules Labor and Industry - Firefighters, work schedules, collective bargaining Local Government - Cities and urban-county governments, firefighter work schedules Cities - Firefighter work schedules Collective Bargaining - Firefighter work schedules Contracts - Firefighter work schedules, collective bargaining Counties - Urban-county governments, firefighter work schedules Counties, Urban - Firefighter work schedules Workforce - Municipal firefighter work schedules |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| 02/04/25 |
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| 02/18/25 |
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| 02/21/25 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions of the bill except allow for a work schedule of on duty for 24 hours, off duty for 72 hours, on duty again for 48 hours and then off duty again for 72 hours; make technical corrections and stipulate that any change in a work schedule made pursuant to this subsection shall not result in a decrease in the compensation of firefighters, exclusive of non-scheduled overtime. |
| Index Headings |
Fire Prevention - Municipal firefighter work schedules Firefighters and Fire Departments - City and urban-county governments, firefighter work schedules Labor and Industry - Firefighters, work schedules, collective bargaining Local Government - Cities and urban-county governments, firefighter work schedules Wages and Hours - Firefighter work schedules Cities - Firefighter work schedules Collective Bargaining - Firefighter work schedules Contracts - Firefighter work schedules, collective bargaining Counties, Urban - Firefighter work schedules Workforce - Municipal firefighter work schedules |
Last updated: 2/21/2025 4:29 PM (EST)