---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to civil procedure."
description: "Amend KRS 337.385 to establish a statute of limitations of two years for wage and hour violations, and three years in the case of willful violations; amend KRS 413.125 to establish a statute of limitations of two years for a violation of KRS Chapter 344, relating to civil rights, and for actions against an employer for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 320"
citation: "Kentucky HB 320 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Civil Rights", "Courts", "Circuit", "Labor and Industry", "Personnel and Employment", "Wages and Hours"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16645efa-61b0-4f30-bc82-39b1d44fc9a2"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb320.html"
source_hash: "7f606d5575ea87186d135120a0da21176fcd1930850b4dc6df27ffade74641e0"
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 320 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to civil procedure.

Amend KRS 337.385 to establish a statute of limitations of two years for wage and hour violations, and three years in the case of willful violations; amend KRS 413.125 to establish a statute of limitations of two years for a violation of KRS Chapter 344, relating to civil rights, and for actions against an employer for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.

## 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/24RS/hb320/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0157.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb320/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 320 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 76-19 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-7 `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 157) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16645efa-61b0-4f30-bc82-39b1d44fc9a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).