Kentucky House Bill 118 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-11 - signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 006)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B to prohibit an occupational licensing authority from suspending or revoking a license it issued because the licensee is in default or delinquent on a student loan or work-conditional scholarship; define terms; encourage a person who is in default or delinquent in the payment of a student loan to contact the appropriate student loan servicer to establish a voluntary pay agreement for the student loan; state the goal of ensuring that individuals keep their occupational licenses while struggling to pay off student loan debt; designate a short title of "Keep Americans Working Act of 2019".

AN ACT relating to occupational licensure.

Rep. James Tipton [R]

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]

2019-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 889 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 48 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-11	House	signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 006)
2019-03-01	House	delivered to Governor
2019-03-01	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2019-03-01	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2019-02-28	House	received in House
2019-02-28	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-0
2019-02-28	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2019
2019-02-27	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2019-02-26	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2019-02-19	Senate	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2019-02-15	Senate	received in Senate
2019-02-15	House	3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2019-02-14	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019
2019-02-13	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2019-02-12	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2019-02-08	House	posted in committee
2019-01-10	House	to Education (H)
2019-01-08	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb118.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb118/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb118/bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/HB118/HCS1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb118/vote_history.pdf