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SB 15 Kentucky Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to minimum wage exceptions and declaring an emergency.

Summary
Amend KRS 337.010 to amend the definition of "employee" to exempt baseball players who are compensated pursuant to the terms of a contract and a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for wages and working conditions.
Issues: ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentExempts baseball players from minimum wage protections via collective bargaining agreement, weakening standard labor protections for this group.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Mar 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to add language declaring an emergency, which allows the legislation to take effect immediately without waiting for the typical legislative timeline. The bill's substantive content regarding minimum wage exceptions remains unchanged, with only technical formatting updates to the document header and footer information.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only procedural emergency declaration added.
TIMELINE

Added language declaring an emergency to the act, enabling immediate implementation of the minimum wage exception provisions.

TECHNICAL

Updated document identifiers from 'BR 838' to 'SB 15/EN' and changed the document status from 'Jacketed' to 'Engrossed' to reflect the bill's current legislative stage.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025

How they voted

42–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 43
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican37
36 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Mar 17, 2025
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
passed 38-0
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
to Rules (S)
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-0
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.