---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to franchises. Amend KRS 337.010, 338.021, 341.070, 342.690, and 344.030 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; provide that neither a franchisor or employee of a franchisor shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; define \"franchisee\" and \"franchisor.”"
description: "AN ACT relating to franchises. Amend KRS 337.010, 338.021, 341.070, 342.690, and 344.030 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; provide that neither a franchisor or employee of a franchisor shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; define \"franchisee\" and \"franchisor.”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Kentucky SB 151 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b349f25-d25e-46ca-a285-dc1054e27166"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB151.htm"
source_hash: "e19492fb0c75c96ac68eb596d1d6188019cfe69add02c7a69e6ebf64d8de5352"
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 SB 151 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to franchises. Amend KRS 337.010, 338.021, 341.070, 342.690, and 344.030 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; provide that neither a franchisor or employee of a franchisor shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; define "franchisee" and "franchisor.”

## 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/SB151/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2017
- **2017-02-16** 3rd reading, passed 26-9 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received in House
- **2017-02-21** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-23** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2017
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 62-26 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-07** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-16** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 24) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b349f25-d25e-46ca-a285-dc1054e27166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).