House Bill 506

Actions
Last Action 03/29/22: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 50)
Title AN ACT relating to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations.
Bill Documents Acts Chapter 50
Current/Final
Introduced
Bill Request Number 823
Sponsor P. Pratt
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to declare that professional employer organizations provide a valuable service to commerce and should be properly recognized and regulated; define "client," "co-employer," "co-employment relationship," "covered employee," "insurer," "person," "professional employer agreement," "professional employer organization," "professional employer organization group," "professional employer services," "registrant," and "temporary help service"; indicate that covered employees shall be deemed employees of the client for purposes of determining tax credits or economic incentives; require a person providing professional employer services to be registered and to set forth the registration requirements; require professional employer organizations to pay a registration fee; require a professional employer organization to either maintain positive working capital or provide a bond, letter of credit, or security; set forth the rights and responsibilities of parties to a co-employment agreement; set forth the health insurance obligations of professional employer organizations; set forth the workers' compensation requirements of professional employer organizations and the client; set forth the unemployment insurance obligations of the professional employer organization and the client; prohibit a person from knowingly providing professional employer services without becoming registered and set forth actions that may be taken by the Department of Workers' Claims against any person in violation; amend the definition of "premiums received" in KRS 342.0011 to include co-employment relationships with a professional employer organization; amend KRS 342.990 to delete references to KRS 342.615; repeal KRS 342.615; state that the provisions of this Act are severable.
Index Headings of Original Version Economic Development - Incentives, effect of professional employer organization
Labor and Industry - Professional employer organizations, regulation
Personnel and Employment - Professional employer organizations, regulation
Unemployment Compensation - Wages, payment by professional employer organizations
Workers' Compensation - Coverage, requirements for professional employer organizations
Votes Vote History

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02/16/22
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
02/22/22
  • to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
02/23/22
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/24/22
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2022
02/25/22
  • 3rd reading, passed 88-1
  • received in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
03/07/22
  • to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/15/22
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/16/22
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/17/22
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
03/22/22
  • 3rd reading, passed 35-1
  • received in House
03/23/22
  • enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • delivered to Governor
03/29/22
  • signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 50)


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