Kentucky House Bill 42 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-10 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
Pending: House Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a penalty for failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms.

AN ACT relating to leave from employment for crime victims.

Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]

Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-10	House	to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
2019-01-08	House	introduced in House
2018-09-20	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb42.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb42/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/hb42/LM.pdf