KentuckyAN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
What it does
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected unemployment insurance fraud cases to the United States Department of Justice, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the county attorney or Commonwealth's attorney within 30 days of the suspected fraud determination; require that public agencies immediately terminate employees or contractors determined to have collected or attempted to collect unemployment benefits while employed by the public agency; do not require a legal disposition finding that the employee or contractor is guilty in order for public agencies to terminate employment; provide that collecting or attempting to collect unemployment benefits while employed by or under contract with the cabinet shall be a breach of any collective bargaining agreement, civil service process, or contract; amend KRS 341.370 to require that a worker be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week they are under investigation for suspected unemployment insurance fraud; require the disqualification to remain in effect until an investigation determines that a fraudulent act has not occurred; amend KRS 341.360 to conform.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Acts Ch. 52)Became Law
- Mar 14delivered to Governor
- Vote recorded Final Passage SB 162 W/ hfa4. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 14enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseTo Governor
- Mar 14enrolled, signed by President of the SenateMajor
- Mar 14passed 33-2Major
- Mar 14Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (4)
- Mar 13passed over and retained in the Orders of the DayMajor
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 13posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (4)
- Mar 13to Rules (S)Minor
- Mar 13received in Senate
- Mar 133rd reading, passed 91-0 with Floor Amendment (4)Major
- Mar 12posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Mar 12floor amendments (3) and (4) filedMinor
- Mar 11floor amendments (1) and (2) filedMinor
- Mar 11reported favorably, 2nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 7to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)Minor
- Mar 7returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 71st readingMinor
- Mar 7taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 6to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Vote recorded PASS SB 162 W/ scs1 sfa1. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 6received in House
- Mar 63rd reading, passed 31-7 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)Passed House
- Mar 5passed over and retained in the Orders of the DayPassed Senate
- Mar 5floor amendment (1) filed to Committee SubstituteMinor
- Mar 4posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
- Feb 282nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Feb 27reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Feb 18to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)Minor
- Feb 13to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Feb 13introduced in SenateIntroduced