Kentucky House Bill 54 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-04 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "COVID-19"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish workers' compensation liability in instances where employers require vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and the employee develops an adverse reaction to the vaccine; create a rebuttable presumption that an adverse reaction was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine if it was not present prior to and arises within 14 days of receipt of the vaccine; retoactive to December 14, 2020; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Felicia Rabourn [R]	Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]	Rep. Shane Baker [R]	Rep. Lynn Bechler [R]
Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]	Rep. Josh Calloway [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]
Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Regina Huff [R]	Rep. Thomas Huff [R]	Rep. Matt Lockett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-04	House	introduced in House
2021-08-23	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb54.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb54/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb54/LM.pdf