| Last Action | discharge petition filed |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to wages. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Impact Statements | Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 891 |
| Sponsors | G. Stumbo, D. Graham, J. Greer, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, C. Miller, S. Overly, T. Riner, J. Wayne, B. Yonts |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 337.010 to change the definition of "employees" of retail stores and service industries to increase the threshold of business that applies to the employer from $95,000 to $500,000; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2015, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2016, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2017; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and an acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the regulations be promulgated on or before July 1, 2016; provide that amendments to KRS 337.423 are EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Local Mandate - State minimum, wage, increase Effective Dates, Delayed - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin, July 1, 2017 Labor and Industry - State minimum wage, increase Labor and Industry - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Personnel and Employment - State minimum wage, increase Personnel and Employment - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Public Officers and Employees - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Wages and Hours - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited Wages and Hours - State minimum wage, increase Civil Rights - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited |
| Proposed Amendments |
House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 01/06/15 |
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| 01/08/15 |
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| 02/03/15 |
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| 02/05/15 |
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| 02/06/15 |
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| 02/10/15 |
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| 02/11/15 |
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| 02/13/15 |
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| 03/11/15 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | J. Hoover |
| Summary | Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the minimum wage to $8.00 per hour beginning on July 1, 2016 and annually adjust it to reflect the average annual percentage change in the consumer price index. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - State minimum, wage, increase Effective Dates, Delayed - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin, July 1, 2017 Labor and Industry - State minimum wage, increase Labor and Industry - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Personnel and Employment - State minimum wage, increase Personnel and Employment - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Public Officers and Employees - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Wages and Hours - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited Wages and Hours - State minimum wage, increase Civil Rights - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | J. Gooch Jr. |
| Summary | Amend KRS 337.275 to exempt cities with a population of less than 8,000 individuals from the increase in minimum wage for paid firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, rescue squad members and other like emergency personnel. |
| Index Headings |
Local Mandate - State minimum, wage, increase Effective Dates, Delayed - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin, July 1, 2017 Labor and Industry - State minimum wage, increase Labor and Industry - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Personnel and Employment - State minimum wage, increase Personnel and Employment - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Public Officers and Employees - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin Wages and Hours - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited Wages and Hours - State minimum wage, increase Civil Rights - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited |
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