Kentucky
General Assembly

01/18/22	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
01/20/22	to Judiciary (S)
03/09/22	taken from Judiciary (S) 1st reading returned to Judiciary (S)
03/10/22	taken from Judiciary (S) 2nd reading returned to Judiciary (S)
03/11/22	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/14/22	floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
03/22/22	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/23/22	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/24/22	floor amendment (3) withdrawn passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/25/22	recommitted to Judiciary (S)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
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.
Index Headings	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
Sponsor	S. West
Summary	Retain original provisions; remove chiropractor, optometrist, and podiatrist from the definition of "health care provider" under the Act.
Index Headings	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
Sponsor	S. West
Summary	Retain original provisions; remove chiropractor and podiatrist from the definition of "health care provider".
Index Headings	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
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