KY HB1 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: Passed on January 9 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-09 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 001)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: Passed on January 9 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-09 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 001)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 336.130 to indicate that public employees may not strike; prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; define "employee"; require the Labor Cabinet to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 336.180 to conform and define "employer" and "public employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to make a violation of the Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages, and provide injunctive relief; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to exempt existing contracts or agreements and to prohibit deduction of membership dues to a labor organization without express written consent of the employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to restrict certain local governments from enforcing an ordinance contrary to the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to conform; provide for severability of Act's provisions; provide short title of Act; EMERGENCY.
Title
AN ACT relating to right-to-work provisions involving a condition of employment or continuation of employment and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-09 | Senate | signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 001) |
| 2017-01-07 | Senate | delivered to Governor |
| 2017-01-07 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2017-01-07 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2017-01-07 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2017-01-07 | House | received in House |
| 2017-01-07 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 25-12 |
| 2017-01-07 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 7, 2017 |
| 2017-01-07 | Senate | reported favorably, to Rules |
| 2017-01-06 | Senate | returned to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2017-01-06 | Senate | 2nd reading |
| 2017-01-06 | Senate | taken from State & Local Government (S) |
| 2017-01-05 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2017-01-05 | Senate | returned to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2017-01-05 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2017-01-05 | Senate | taken from Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2017-01-05 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2017-01-05 | House | 3rd reading, passed 58-39 with Committee Substitute |
| 2017-01-05 | House | floor amendment (6) and (7-title) filed, and floor amendments (3), (4), & (5) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2017-01-04 | House | floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed |
| 2017-01-04 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
| 2017-01-04 | House | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules Committee Substitute |
| 2017-01-03 | House | posting waived |
| 2017-01-03 | House | returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) |
| 2017-01-03 | House | 1st reading |
| 2017-01-03 | House | taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) |
| 2017-01-03 | House | to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) |
| 2017-01-03 | House | introduced in House |
