26RS HB 349

Actions

Last Action	01/13/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to wages.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1655
Sponsor	P. Stevenson
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage of hourly and tipped employees and require adherence to any future federal increase in excess of the new state wage rates; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.
Index Headings of Original Version	Charter County Government - Minimum wage, authority to establish Cities - Minimum wage, authority to establish Consolidated Local Governments - Minimum wage, authority to establish Counties - Minimum wage, authority to establish Labor And Industry - State minimum wage, increase Local Government - Minimum wage, authority to establish Local Mandate - State minimum wage, increase Local Mandate - Minimum wage, authority to establish Personnel And Employment - State minimum wage, increase Unified Local Governments - Minimum wage, authority to establish Wages And Hours - State minimum wage, increase Workforce - State minimum wage, increase