25RS SB 79

Senate Bill 79

Actions

Last Action	02/06/25: to State & Local Government (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to state personnel.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	935
Sponsor	C. McDaniel
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 18A.005 to define "intern employee" and "intern position"; amend KRS 18A.050 to require a member of the Personnel Board to vacate his or her position or have the board terminate his or her position if he or she separates from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.0751 to no longer require the Personnel Board to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to employee fines or employee reemployment after a layoff; amend KRS 18A.110 to allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement scholarship programs, internship programs, education programs, and educational assistance programs for employees; allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the classified service governing layoffs, furloughs, and reduction of hours to include, but not be limited to reemployment of laid-off employees; amend KRS 18A.113 to provide that in the same department or office, county, and job classification, intern, interim and probationary employees shall be terminated before full-time and part-time employees with status are laid off; amend KRS 18A.115 to permit members and employees of boards and commissions exempt from the classified service to employ staff subject to the provisions of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200, 18A.202, and 18A.203; exempt juvenile institution superintendents from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.125 to require all agencies and employees for which the Personnel Cabinet administers payroll to comply with the secretary's payroll administration; prohibit an executive branch agency for which the cabinet administers payroll from authorizing work performance outside of the Commonwealth without approval from the secretary; allow an agency to request the secretary deduct certain items from an employee's final paycheck so long as the deduction is expressly authorized in writing and does not reduce the employee's pay below the federal minimum wage; amend KRS 18A.135 to direct when reemployment rights expire; amend KRS 18A.197 and 18A.203 to permit an employee who has provided proper notice of resignation or retirement to transfer all or part of their remaining sick or annual leave balance even if they have accumulated under 75 hours of sick or annual leave; amend KRS 18A.035, 18A.095, 18A.100, 18A.355, 132.370, and 163.032 to conform and make technical corrections.
Index Headings of Original Version	Public Salaries - State agencies and employees, Personnel Cabinet, payroll regulations, compliance State Agencies - Personnel Cabinet, conforming changes State Agencies - Personnel Cabinet, scholarship and education opportunities for employees, regulations State Employees - Annual leave sharing, employees who are retiring or resigning State Employees - Classified employees, working outside the Commonwealth, pay restrictions State Employees - Employee salaries, final paycheck, deduction of unreturned items, terms State Employees - Employee salaries, work outside of the Commonwealth, Personnel Cabinet secretary approval State Employees - Interim and probationary employees, employee layoffs, termination State Employees - Intern employee, definition State Employees - Intern position, definition State Employees - Juvenile institution superintendents, classified service, exemption State Employees - Reemployment rights, termination upon occurrence of certain events State Employees - Scholarship and educational opportunities State Employees - Sick leave sharing, employees who are retiring or resigning Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Personnel Board, employee fines and layoffs, eliminate requirement Boards and Commissions - Personnel Board, administrative regulations, employee fines and layoffs, eliminate requirement Boards and Commissions - Personnel Board, member vacancies Boards and Commissions - State personnel, classified employees, hiring

02/04/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/06/25	to State & Local Government (S)