---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to employment."
description: "AN ACT relating to employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Kentucky SB 7 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Industry", "Personnel and Employment", "Arbitration", "Workforce", "Effective Dates", "Emergency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "J. Nemes", "M. Sorolis", "M. Sorolis", "R. Stivers II"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed84df4-36a2-49c8-bd9b-376d5e5138bb"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb7.html"
source_hash: "63a1dadbf14de6eab334ffdc76180b1ae7d02767d1264938086e0318090ec7c7"
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 7 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb7/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- M. Sorolis — primary (person)
- M. Sorolis — primary (person)
- R. Stivers II — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 26-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to State Government (H)
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State Government (H)
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State Government (H)
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) defeated
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 51-45 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3) `passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3) on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 25-11
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 075) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ed84df4-36a2-49c8-bd9b-376d5e5138bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).