AN ACT relating to paycheck protection.

Amend KRS 336.180 to define terms; amend KRS 336.134 to prohibit a public employer from withholding money relating to labor organization dues or funding political activity from a state public employee's wages and require state public employers to submit notice of rights to employees; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit employers from collecting financial information from state public employees for the purpose of providing the financial information to a labor organization to facilitate the collection of dues, fees, assessments, payments, or other charges; ensure that the requirements set forth in this Act shall not apply to deductions made in accordance with a joint wage agreement or collective bargaining contract entered into, modified, renewed, or extended prior to the effective date of this Act but will apply to deductions made pursuant to a joint wage agreement or collective bargaining contract entered into, modified, renewed, or extended after the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 336.135, KRS 65.158, 161.158, and 164.365 to ensure that the notice required for the withholding of state public employee earnings for payments associated with a labor organization shall comply with Section 2 of this Act; amend KRS 336.990 to create a penalty.