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Senate Bill 162

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Last Action	03/11/25: floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
Title	AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Bill Documents	Current Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number	1578
Sponsors	S. Funke Frommeyer, L. Tichenor, D. Douglas, K. Herron, M. Nunn
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected unemployment insurance fraud cases to the United States Department of Justice, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the county attorney or Commonwealth's attorney within 30 days of the suspected fraud determination; require that public agencies immediately terminate employees or contractors determined to have collected or attempted to collect unemployment benefits while employed by the public agency; do not require a legal disposition finding that the employee or contractor is guilty in order for public agencies to terminate employment; provide that collecting or attempting to collect unemployment benefits while employed by or under contract with the cabinet shall be a breach of any collective bargaining agreement, civil service process, or contract; amend KRS 341.370 to require that a worker be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week they are under investigation for suspected unemployment insurance fraud; require the disqualification to remain in effect until an investigation determines that a fraudulent act has not occurred; amend KRS 341.360 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, fraud Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, fraud State Agencies - Education and Labor Cabinet, unemployment insurance, fraud Technical Corrections - SB 162 Unemployment Compensation - Unemployment insurance, fraud Collective Bargaining - Unemployment insurance, fraud Contracts - Unemployment insurance, fraud, termination Workforce - Unemployment insurance, fraud
Jump to Proposed Amendments	Senate Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements Senate Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2
Votes	Vote History

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02/13/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/18/25	to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
02/27/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/28/25	2nd reading, to Rules
03/04/25	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
03/05/25	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/06/25	3rd reading, passed 31-7 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/07/25	taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (H) to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
03/11/25	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules floor amendments (1) and (2) filed

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Fiscal Note to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete the provision that made collecting or attempting to collect unemployment benefits while employed by or under contract with the cabinet a breach of any collective bargaining agreement, civil service process, or contract; make technical.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - Education and Labor Cabinet, unemployment insurance, fraud Technical Corrections - SB 162 Insurance - Unemployment insurance, fraud Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, fraud State Agencies - Education and Labor Cabinet, unemployment insurance, fraud Unemployment Compensation - Unemployment insurance, fraud Collective Bargaining - Unemployment insurance, fraud Contracts - Unemployment insurance, fraud, termination Workforce - Unemployment insurance, fraud

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Funke Frommeyer
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete sections amending KRS 341.470 and KRS 341.360.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, fraud Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, fraud State Agencies - Education and Labor Cabinet, unemployment insurance, fraud Unemployment Compensation - Unemployment insurance, fraud Contracts - Unemployment insurance, fraud, termination Workforce - Unemployment insurance, fraud

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	M. Lehman
Summary	Retain original provisions, except make technical changes.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, fraud Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, fraud State Agencies - Education and Labor Cabinet, unemployment insurance, fraud Technical Corrections - SB 162 Unemployment Compensation - Unemployment insurance, fraud Contracts - Unemployment insurance, fraud, termination Workforce - Unemployment insurance, fraud

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. Lehman
Summary	Retain original provisions, except change immediate termination to a pause pending investigation; and require a legal disposition finding an employee or contractor guilty to terminate employment; make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Insurance - Unemployment insurance, fraud Labor and Industry - Unemployment insurance, fraud State Agencies - Education and Labor Cabinet, unemployment insurance, fraud Technical Corrections - SB 162 Unemployment Compensation - Unemployment insurance, fraud Contracts - Unemployment insurance, fraud, termination Workforce - Unemployment insurance, fraud

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