---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance for military spouses. Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification for unemployment benefits for a worker who leaves a job to follow a military spouse who has been reassigned to another military base or duty location that is 100 miles or more from the worker’s home; delete requirement that, if spouse is relocated to another state, the state must have adopted a similar statute in order for worker to receive benefits."
description: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance for military spouses. Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification for unemployment benefits for a worker who leaves a job to follow a military spouse who has been reassigned to another military base or duty location that is 100 miles or more from the worker’s home; delete requirement that, if spouse is relocated to another state, the state must have adopted a similar statute in order for worker to receive benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 375"
citation: "Kentucky HB 375 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3dd006-aa0c-402e-a753-07d62f630493"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB375.htm"
source_hash: "f9706c4401a6be28ea7df58fdfbbcedcf08740708356538d933ff2eedc378e58"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 375 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance for military spouses. Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification for unemployment benefits for a worker who leaves a job to follow a military spouse who has been reassigned to another military base or duty location that is 100 miles or more from the worker’s home; delete requirement that, if spouse is relocated to another state, the state must have adopted a similar statute in order for worker to receive benefits.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB375/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** To Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading, passed 80-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-02** To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2017-03-08** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
- **2017-03-30** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 172) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3dd006-aa0c-402e-a753-07d62f630493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).