---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to marketplace contractors. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 defining \"marketplace contractor\" and \"marketplace platform\" and establishing the criteria in which a marketplace contractor shall not be deemed to be an employee of a marketplace platform."
description: "AN ACT relating to marketplace contractors. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 defining \"marketplace contractor\" and \"marketplace platform\" and establishing the criteria in which a marketplace contractor shall not be deemed to be an employee of a marketplace platform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 220"
citation: "Kentucky HB 220 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Rowland", "J. Nemes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e45d9cbf-96e1-4294-997d-55e5796ae0c5"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB220.htm"
source_hash: "acdfc04d5ec9cec535d0560f394c80413c3898010cd9dec4b67d30f625b05b4a"
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 220 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to marketplace contractors. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 defining "marketplace contractor" and "marketplace platform" and establishing the criteria in which a marketplace contractor shall not be deemed to be an employee of a marketplace platform.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 220 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB220/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB220/HFA1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB220/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-25** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
- **2018-01-29** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2018-02-02** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-07** 3rd reading, passed 57-38 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-08** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-09** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 7, 2018
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading, passed 24-12 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-09** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e45d9cbf-96e1-4294-997d-55e5796ae0c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).