HB 4 KY

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Amend KRS 341.005 to define "enhanced federal benefits" and "state average unemployment rate"; amend KRS 341.100 to define "suitable work" under certain circumstances; amend KRS 341.270 and KRS 341.272 to reduce the minimum period of time for an employer to qualify for a lower contribution rate to four quarters; amend KRS 341.350 to require that eligible recipients engage in five work search activities per week during each week that he or she claims eligibility for benefits; amend KRS 341.380 to change the maximum benefit payable to a worker within a benefit year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 providing for a variable duration of unemployment insurance benefits, ranging from 12 weeks to 24 weeks, based upon the state average unemployment rate at the time of each individual's application for benefits except in certain situations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to allow an employer to notify the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet about each worker who has declined suitable work or has failed to attend a first interview; amend KRS 341.370 to change the conditions under which a worker must be disqualified from receiving benefits during unemployment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to allow the General Assembly to end the Commonwealth's participation in any enhanced benefits program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the General Assembly's approval, which it may withdraw at any time, to participate in any enhanced federal benefits program; amend KRS 341.096 to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 341 to allow employers to submit a plan for a shared work program to the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet for approval; make employees eligible for shared work benefits if they are employed as members of an affected group, under an approved plan, are able to work, and their normal weekly hours are reduced at least ten percent but not more than forty percent; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 explaining that the weekly shared work benefit amount shall be the product of the regular weekly unemployment compensation amount calculated in KRS 341.380 multiplied by the percentage of reduction of at least ten percent in the individual's usual weekly hours of work, and although an individual may be eligible for shared work benefits or regular benefits as appropriate, no individual shall be eligible for combined benefits in any benefit year in an amount greater than his or her maximum benefit as calculated under KRS Chapter 341.380 and no individual shall receive shared work benefits for more than 26 weeks; amend KRS 341.530, 341.080, 341.127, and 341.710 to conform; declare the provisions of this Act severable; allow the Act to be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Sustainability Act of 2022.

• R. Webber · primary
• P. Pratt · primary
• M. Hart Republican · primary
• K. King Republican · primary
• W. Lawrence Republican · primary
• S. McPherson Republican · primary
• D. Osborne Republican · primary
• J. Tipton Republican · primary

1. Feb 2, 2022 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 2, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 7, 2022 taken from Committee on Committees (H) · lower
4. Feb 7, 2022 1st reading · lower
5. Feb 7, 2022 returned to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
6. Feb 8, 2022 taken from Committee on Committees (H) · lower
7. Feb 8, 2022 2nd reading · lower
8. Feb 8, 2022 returned to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
9. Feb 9, 2022 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) · lower
10. Feb 10, 2022 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
11. Feb 10, 2022 taken from Rules · lower
12. Feb 10, 2022 placed in the Orders of the Day · lower
13. Feb 10, 2022 floor amendments (1), (4), (6), (9), (11) and (12) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2), (3), (5-title), (7), (8) and (10) filed to bill · lower
14. Feb 10, 2022 3rd reading · lower
15. Feb 10, 2022 floor amendment (12) defeated · lower
16. Feb 10, 2022 passed 57-37 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
17. Feb 11, 2022 received in Senate · upper
18. Feb 11, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
19. Feb 14, 2022 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
20. Feb 28, 2022 taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
21. Feb 28, 2022 1st reading · lower
22. Feb 28, 2022 returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
23. Mar 1, 2022 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
24. Mar 1, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 03, 2022 · lower
25. Mar 2, 2022 floor amendments (1)(2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
26. Mar 3, 2022 floor amendments (4), (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
27. Mar 3, 2022 3rd reading · lower
28. Mar 3, 2022 floor amendments (1), (2), and (3) withdrawn · lower
29. Mar 3, 2022 passed 22-13 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
30. Mar 4, 2022 received in House · lower
31. Mar 4, 2022 to Rules (H) · lower
32. Mar 7, 2022 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
33. Mar 8, 2022 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
34. Mar 8, 2022 passed 58-36 · lower
35. Mar 9, 2022 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
36. Mar 9, 2022 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
37. Mar 9, 2022 delivered to Governor · lower
38. Mar 18, 2022 Vetoed · lower
39. Mar 18, 2022 received in House · lower
40. Mar 18, 2022 to Rules (H) · lower
41. Mar 21, 2022 posted for consideration of Governor's veto · lower
42. Mar 21, 2022 veto overridden · lower
43. Mar 21, 2022 Bill passed 57-38 · lower
44. Mar 21, 2022 received in Senate · upper
45. Mar 21, 2022 to Rules (S) · upper
46. Mar 21, 2022 posted for consideration of Governor's veto · lower
47. Mar 21, 2022 veto overridden · lower
48. Mar 21, 2022 Bill passed 21-12 · lower
49. Mar 21, 2022 received in House · lower
50. Mar 22, 2022 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
51. Mar 22, 2022 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
52. Mar 22, 2022 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 21) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Acts Chapter 21 · PDF
• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF