AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Summary
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission annually the number of claims paid involving domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.360 to conform; amend KRS 341.550 to prevent benefit payments from pooled account from impacting an employer's experience rating; and create a new section pf KRS Chapter 341 to direct the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 29, 2021
Last action Mar 30, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 30, 2022
How they voted
85–6
Passed
Total votes 91
Mar 30, 2022
D
Democratic24
100% Yea
R
Republican67
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Mar 30, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 30, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 92-6
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
lower
Mar 23, 2022
Committee
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
Oct 29, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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