Last Action | 03/25/22: recommitted to Judiciary (S) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to employers. |
Bill Documents | Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 429 |
Sponsors | R. Girdler, A. Southworth, M. Castlen, R. Mills, S. West, M. Wise |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or conscientious objection to immunizations; provide sample form for employee affirmation; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere religious beliefs against or conscientiously object to immunization. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, conscientious objection exception Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, conscientious objection exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, conscientious objection exception Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception |
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Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3 |
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Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions except remove KRS 344.040; create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to require written notice of vaccination exemptions for sincerely held religious belief or medical contraindication; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of federal mandates and exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations. |
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Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, written notice, exceptions Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, written notice, exceptions Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | S. West |
Summary | Retain original provisions; remove chiropractor, optometrist, and podiatrist from the definition of "health care provider" under the Act. |
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Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, written notice, exceptions Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, written notice, exceptions Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | S. West |
Summary | Retain original provisions; remove chiropractor and podiatrist from the definition of "health care provider". |
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Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Labor and Industry - Employer vaccine mandate, written notice, exceptions Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccine mandate, written notice, exceptions Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, medical contraindication, exception Public Health - Employer vaccine mandate, religious exception |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 3 |
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Sponsor | R. Alvarado |
Summary | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit indoor smoking in businesses, places of employment, and other listed public places; exempt private residences, unless used for child care or adult day care; permit smoking in designated nonenclosed areas; require posting of "no smoking" signs at specified locations; permit local governments to adopt stricter regulations by ordinance; provide for enforcement by all peace officers and designated health department and local government employees; provide for the issuance of uniform citations for violations; prohibit employers and others from discriminating against persons who report violations; provide for fines for violations that go to the agency whose employee issued the citation; provide that no court costs or other fees be charged for violations; exempt certain research and manufacturing laboratories and agricultural buildings; amend KRS 344.040, relating to unlawful practices by an employer, to add references to state law, local ordinance, or local board of health regulation relating to smoking; amend KRS 431.450, relating to uniform citations, to provide for issuing citation forms to health departments; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police to create and issue uniform smoking violation citations; repeal various statutes permitting smoking in public buildings; provide short title of the Smokefree Kentucky Act. |
Index Headings |
Crimes and Punishments - Indoor smoking, prohibition, exceptions, penalties Education, Elementary and Secondary - Smoking in school buildings, statewide prohibition Health and Medical Services - Health departments, enforcement of antismoking laws and ordinances Labor and Industry - Place of employment, statewide indoor smoking prohibition, exceptions Motor Carriers - Buses, taxicabs, statewide smoking prohibition, exceptions Notices - No smoking signs, requirements Occupational Safety and Health - Place of employment, indoor smoking, prohibition, exceptions Police, State - Uniform smoking citations, distribution to health departments Public Buildings and Grounds - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places, exceptions Public Health - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places and places of employment Tobacco - Indoor smoking, prohibition Unified Local Governments - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places and places of employment Cities - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places and places of employment Civil Rights - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places and places of employment Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places and places of employment Counties - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places and places of employment Counties, Urban - Indoor smoking, prohibition in enclosed public places and places of employment |
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