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Senate Bill 7

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Last Action	03/29/23: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 133)
Title	AN ACT relating to the administration of payroll systems and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Acts Chapter 133 Current/Final Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Local Mandate Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number	817
Sponsors	R. Mills, L. Tichenor
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 336.180 to define "political activities," "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "labor organization," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.134 to prohibit any deduction from the wages of any public employee for any dues, fees, or charges associated with a labor organization or for political activities without a written authorization from the public employee; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit public employers from assisting a labor organization or other entity in collecting funds or financial information if the funds are to be used for political purposes; prohibit application of these restrictions if deductions were made under bargaining agreements entered into before the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 336.990 to create a penalty; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Effective Dates, Emergency - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Firefighters and Fire Departments - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Labor and Industry - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Police, City and County - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Police, State - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Public Officers and Employees - Labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Teachers - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Wages and Hours - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Collective Bargaining - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Local Mandate - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings
Jump to Proposed Amendments	Senate Floor Amendment 1 House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3
Votes	Vote History
Governor's Veto Message	Veto

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02/14/23	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/16/23	to Education (S)
02/23/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/24/23	2nd reading, to Rules
03/07/23	floor amendment (1) filed posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 09, 2023
03/09/23	3rd reading Floor amendment (1) withdrawn passed 27-8 received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/13/23	taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (H) to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
03/14/23	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (3-title) filed to bill posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
03/15/23	3rd reading floor amendment (1) defeated passed 66-33 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/16/23	received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) passed 25 -12 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
03/27/23	Vetoed
03/29/23	received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 23 -13 received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 68-29 received in Senate enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 133)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Mills
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 336.134 to provide any dues deducted from the wages of a public employee is required to be used only for the purposes of wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work, or other forms of compensation; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Firefighters and Fire Departments - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Labor and Industry - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Police, City and County - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Police, State - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Public Officers and Employees - Labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Teachers - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Wages and Hours - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings Collective Bargaining - Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except redefine "labor organizations" to include an exemption; remove the written authorization component from the prohibition on a public employer from deducting wages from an employees' earnings; amend KRS 336.135 to require a labor organization to transmit financial records detailing the quarterly expenses to its members; amend KRS 161.158 to remove reference to an employee's written consent as an exception to the prohibition of the district board from deducting membership dues; amend KRS 164.365 to prohibit KCTCS from deducting labor organization membership dues for political activities; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Firefighters and Fire Departments - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Labor and Industry - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Police, City and County - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Police, State - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Public Officers and Employees - Labor organizations, prohibitions Teachers - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Wages and Hours - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Collective Bargaining - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions Local Mandate - Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	K. Banta
Summary	Retain original provisions; delete emergency clause and replace with delayed effective date, July 1, 2024.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - Payroll systems, effective July 1, 2024

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	K. Banta
Summary	Retain original provisions; delete emergency clause and replace with delayed effective date, July 1, 2024.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - Payroll systems, effective July 1, 2024

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	K. Banta
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 7/GA

Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)