---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 12.020, 224.20-320, 336.015, 338.015, and 338.061 to abolish the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Board and give the Labor Cabinet secretary the board's authority; give the Labor Cabinet secretary authority to suspend or delay administrative regulations based on the actions of the federal government relating to a corresponding federal regulation; repeal KRS 338.051; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 12.020, 224.20-320, 336.015, 338.015, and 338.061 to abolish the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Board and give the Labor Cabinet secretary the board's authority; give the Labor Cabinet secretary authority to suspend or delay administrative regulations based on the actions of the federal government relating to a corresponding federal regulation; repeal KRS 338.051; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Kentucky HB 314 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Schamore", "DJ Johnson", "J. DeCesare", "J. Miller", "J. Tipton", "L. Bechler", "M. Castlen", "M. Dossett", "P. Pratt", "R. Mills", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ba736e3-6132-403f-b865-10a4bacdae7f"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB314.htm"
source_hash: "a45b7b89b0f63e801333426a939d06d9472f0c1905c89985bfa6f4df5b2a67a6"
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 314 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 12.020, 224.20-320, 336.015, 338.015, and 338.061 to abolish the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Board and give the Labor Cabinet secretary the board's authority; give the Labor Cabinet secretary authority to suspend or delay administrative regulations based on the actions of the federal government relating to a corresponding federal regulation; repeal KRS 338.051; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 314 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB314/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB314/HCA1.pdf)
3. **HCA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB314/HCA2.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB314/bill.pdf)
5. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB314/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Schamore — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. DeCesare — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Posting waived
- **2018-02-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendments (1) and (2-title) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-09** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2018
- **2018-02-12** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with committee amendments (1) and (2-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-13** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-15** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Received in House
- **2018-02-27** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Taken from Rules
- **2018-02-28** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-02-28** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-02-28** Passed 93-1
- **2018-03-01** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-01** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-01** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-08** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 8) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ba736e3-6132-403f-b865-10a4bacdae7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).