---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. Amend KRS 341.070 to clarify who is a subject employer; amend KRS 341.191 to set forth requirements regarding the disclosure of information and records; amend 341.540 to set forth requirements for successor employers; and amend KRS 341.614 to state that delinquent surcharge and interest collected after July 31, 2017 shall be deposited into the penalty and interest account; amend KRS 341.990 to conform."
description: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. Amend KRS 341.070 to clarify who is a subject employer; amend KRS 341.191 to set forth requirements regarding the disclosure of information and records; amend 341.540 to set forth requirements for successor employers; and amend KRS 341.614 to state that delinquent surcharge and interest collected after July 31, 2017 shall be deposited into the penalty and interest account; amend KRS 341.990 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 473"
citation: "Kentucky HB 473 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fff9721-5631-424b-980b-527186c24cd7"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB473.htm"
source_hash: "2015677e17036421cacccd806f20fb4e4043b2ed94a73138f4e678d5f9b2ebf0"
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 473 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. Amend KRS 341.070 to clarify who is a subject employer; amend KRS 341.191 to set forth requirements regarding the disclosure of information and records; amend 341.540 to set forth requirements for successor employers; and amend KRS 341.614 to state that delinquent surcharge and interest collected after July 31, 2017 shall be deposited into the penalty and interest account; amend KRS 341.990 to conform.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 473 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB473/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB473/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB473/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB473/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-23** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading, passed 81-15 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-06** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Taken from Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
- **2017-03-08** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Returned to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- **2017-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 33-5 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in House
- **2017-03-15** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-15** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-15** Bill passed 79-10
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 133) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fff9721-5631-424b-980b-527186c24cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).