---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to an exemption from workers' compensation for religious organizations. Amend KRS 342.650 to include certain ministers and caretakers of a church or religious organization with employees who are exempt from workers' compensation insurance."
description: "AN ACT relating to an exemption from workers' compensation for religious organizations. Amend KRS 342.650 to include certain ministers and caretakers of a church or religious organization with employees who are exempt from workers' compensation insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "Kentucky HB 306 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ddf2b4-3165-4dff-889f-120eacf7caf9"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB306.htm"
source_hash: "4316796d8c23a4c7103474497b942dc988155a5de5176ba8d3e9d66fd0b79750"
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 306 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to an exemption from workers' compensation for religious organizations. Amend KRS 342.650 to include certain ministers and caretakers of a church or religious organization with employees who are exempt from workers' compensation insurance.

## 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/HB306/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-23** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
- **2017-02-27** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 89-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 35-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 085) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32ddf2b4-3165-4dff-889f-120eacf7caf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).