AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Amend KRS 341.030 to suspend any increase in the taxable wage base for calendar year 2022 and utilize the taxable wage base in effect for the 2020 year; amend KRS 341.270 to indicate that employer contribution rates in 2022 shall be determined using the rates listed in Schedule A of Table A; amend KRS 341.614 to provide there will be no surcharge assessment for 2022; retroactively to January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Dec 10, 2021
Signed Mar 24, 2022
Floor votes · House Jan 31, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
15
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Mar 24, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29)
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed 88-5
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed 29-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Committee
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Committee
to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 87-4
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
Dec 10, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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