---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance."
description: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 413"
citation: "Kentucky HB 413 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Labor and Industry", "Local Mandate", "Reports Mandated", "Retroactive Legislation", "Sunset Legislation", "Task Forces", "Legislative Branch", "Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "D. Elliott", "R. Webber"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9096439e-3d2f-4e05-8619-7b37d6afde46"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb413.html"
source_hash: "7aeff233622ce4e87474941d3eeb7a9b8088707ba08703e28b0486b62c1a8046"
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 413 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb413/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0177.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb413/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 413 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 86-12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** line items vetoed `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** line vetoes not acted upon
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 177) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9096439e-3d2f-4e05-8619-7b37d6afde46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).