Kentucky
General Assembly

02/02/22	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/07/22	taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (H)
02/08/22	taken from Committee on Committees (H) 2nd reading returned to Committee on Committees (H)
02/09/22	to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
02/10/22	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day 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 3rd reading floor amendment (12) defeated passed 57-37 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/11/22	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/14/22	to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
02/28/22	taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) 1st reading returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/01/22	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 03, 2022
03/02/22	floor amendments (1)(2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
03/03/22	floor amendments (4), (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute 3rd reading floor amendments (1), (2), and (3) withdrawn passed 22-13 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/04/22	received in House to Rules (H)
03/07/22	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
03/08/22	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) passed 58-36
03/09/22	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
03/18/22	Vetoed received in House to Rules (H)
03/21/22	posted for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden Bill passed 57-38 received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden Bill passed 21-12 received in House
03/22/22	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 21)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retains original provisions; add language to Section 5 to clarify that the cabinet is to submit a report regarding the work search requirements to the Governor and the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment; remove reference to the most recent employer in Section 7(2); remove reference to Kentucky Career Center in Section 9 in favor of original statutory reference to employment office; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to allow the cabinet to combine any reports required by KRS 341.127 and KRS 341.350 and submit them as one to the Governor and the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment; add a new section of noncodified language to provide that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to limit access for eligible claimants to Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits authorized under the Stafford Act; make technical changes.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022 Local Mandate - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	C. Stevenson
Summary	Amend KRS 341.395 and KRS 341.470 to remove references to state income tax; add a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide that unemployment insurance benefits paid to an individual in accordance with KRS Chapter 341 shall not be subject to state income tax.
Index Headings	Taxation, Income--Individual - Unemployment insurance, exemption from state income tax on individuals Unemployment Compensation - Exemption from state income tax on individuals Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022 Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, exemption from state income tax on individuals State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Taxation - Unemployment insurance, exemption from state income tax on individuals

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	C. Stevenson
Summary	Amend KRS 341.395 and KRS 341.470 to remove references to state income tax; add a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide that unemployment insurance benefits paid to an individual in accordance with KRS Chapter 341 shall not be subject to state income tax.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, exemption from state income tax on individuals State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Taxation - Unemployment insurance, exemption from state income tax on individuals Taxation, Income--Individual - Unemployment insurance, exemption from state income tax on individuals Unemployment Compensation - Exemption from state income tax on individuals Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Add a new section to create an appropriation of $9,496,300 to the Employment Services budget unit under the Labor Cabinet; technical changes; APPROPRIATION.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022 Appropriations - To the Office of Unemployment Insurance

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Add a new section to create an appropriation of $9,496,300 to the Office of Unemployment Insurance; make technical changes; APPROPRIATION.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Appropriations - To the Office of Unemployment Insurance Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 4

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Remove reference to Section 7 in Section 6; restore the original codified language; and delete Section 7 in its entirety; make technical changes.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 7
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Remove reference to Section 7 in Section 6; restore the original codified language; and delete Section 7 in its entirety; make technical changes.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 8
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Remove references to the secretary of the Economic Development and Workforce Investment Cabinet and references to the Economic Development and Workforce Investment Cabinet and replace with references to the secretary of the Labor Cabinet and references to the Labor Cabinet.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 9
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Replace references to the "state average unemployment rate" with "calculated three (3) month state average unemployment rate"; remove the requirement that the state average unemployment rate be calculated using the most recent seasonal adjusted unemployment rate determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; require that the calculated three month state average unemployment rate be calculated by the Kentucky Center for Statistics using the most recent data available to it and provided to the cabinet.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 10
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Replace references to the "state average unemployment rate" with "calculated three (3) month state average unemployment rate"; remove the requirement that the state average unemployment rate be calculated using the most recent seasonal adjusted unemployment rate determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; require that the calculated three month state average unemployment rate be calculated by the Kentucky Center for Statistics using the most recent data available to it and provided to the cabinet.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 11
Sponsor	J. Jenkins
Summary	Replace references to the secretary of the Economic Development and Workforce Investment Cabinet and references to the Economic Development and Workforce Investment Cabinet with references to the secretary of the Labor Cabinet and references to the Labor Cabinet.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 12
Sponsor	J. Blanton
Summary	Remove Sections 1 to 4; change the work search requirement in Section 5 to three weekly verifiable work search activities of which one must be submitting an application or interviewing; retains definitions of work search activities in Section 5 but removes other changes to existing statutes; removes Sections 6 to 10; retains the shared work program in Sections 11 to 18; retains Sections 19 and 20 that reference the shared work program; removes Sections 21 to 23.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; add language to Section 5 to clarify that claimants who are enrolled in an approved job training or certification program or have return or recall to work prospects within 16 weeks of filing a claim are exempt from work search requirements; add special effective date; technical changes.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - January 1, 2023 Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Higdon
Summary	Amend to provide that the one week waiting period in KRS 341.350 only applies on a subsequent claim in any benefit year.
Index Headings	Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, waiting period, subsequent claim Unemployment Compensation - Unemployment insurance, waiting period, subsequent claim Workforce - Unemployment insurance, waiting period, subsequent claim

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. Nemes
Summary	Amend to remove the one week waiting period in KRS 341.350 unless federal funding has been cut; provide that the secretary may, but is not required to, consider the factors in Section 2(3) when considering whether an offer is suitable work; change references to the state average unemployment rate to regional average unemployment rate based on the area development district where a claimant resides; change the look back period used in determining regional average unemployment rate from six months to three months; change the required weekly work search activity number from five to three; include asking in person for employment as a work search activity.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, January 1, 2023 Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	P. Wheeler
Summary	Amend to allow unemployment benefits, up to fifty percent of the benefits available to a claimant, to be paid to a claimant who has taken suitable work.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, January 1, 2023 Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	D. Yates
Summary	In section 1, redefine "state average unemployment rate" so that the applicable unemployment rate is determined on a quarterly basis instead of on a biannual basis ; effective January 1, 2023.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - Effective January 1, 2023 Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	D. Yates
Summary	Extended the time period for a worker to verify definite return-to-work or recall-to-work prospects in order to retain eligibility for benefits from sixteen (16) weeks to twenty-six (26) weeks.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - January 1, 2023 Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Reemployment contacts, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, shared work benefits, state average unemployment rate Short Titles and Popular Names - Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	D. Yates
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend in section 1 the definition o f "state average unemployment rate" to be based on quarters; delete section 2(3); amend the number of verifiable work search activities from five to three and the number of applications for employment or interviewing for employment from 3 to 1.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, state average unemployment rate Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, state average unemployment rate State Agencies - Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, unemployment insurance Unemployment Compensation - Duration of benefits, state average unemployment rate Wages and Hours - Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, state average unemployment rate