Kentucky
General Assembly

01/18/22	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H) to Agriculture (H)
01/19/22	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
01/20/22	2nd reading, to Rules
02/01/22	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
02/11/22	floor amendment (1) filed
03/29/22	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day 3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/30/22	taken from Committee on Committees (S) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (S) to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
04/13/22	taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S) 2nd reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) floor amendment (1) filed

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Delete original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154, Subchapter 20, to establish the Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2022; allow the Cabinet for Economic Development to begin accepting applications from entities seeking approval as a growth fund; allow no more than $50 million of grants to be awarded as state matching capital for investments in growth businesses; establish the Rural Jobs Development Fund; appropriate $25 million in fiscal year 2021-2022 and $25 million in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Rural Jobs Development Fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Economic Development - Rural Jobs Development Fund Effective Dates, Emergency - Rural Jobs Development Fund State Agencies - Economic Development, Rural Jobs Development Fund Appropriations - Rural Jobs Development Fund Budget and Financial Administration - Appropriation, Rural Jobs Development Fund

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Petrie
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 308

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	A. Hatton
Summary	Retain original provisions; update definition of rural county in Section 2 to include Kentucky counties with more than 22% of the population at or below the poverty level.
Index Headings	Taxation - Growth fund tax credit, establishment Taxation - Insurance premiums tax, growth fund tax credit, establishment Reports Mandated - Rural growth fund tax credit and program, Department of Revenue to report Short Titles and Popular Names - Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2022

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary	Amend KRS 344.045 to prohibit an employer from effecting the terms, conditions, or privileges or employment based on any employee's immunization against disease without granting exemptions based on an employee's written statement of objection due to religion and his or her employer's written notice of the availability of such exemption.
Index Headings	Diseases - Terms of employment, employee immunization Workforce - Terms of employment, employee immunization