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Bill AN ACT relating to right-to-work provisions involving a condition of employment or continuation of employment and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 336.130 to indicate that public employees may not strike; prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; define "employee"; require the Labor Cabinet to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 336.180 to conform and define "employer" and "public employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to make a violation of the Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages, and provide injunctive relief; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to exempt existing contracts or agreements and to prohibit deduction of membership dues to a labor organization without express written consent of the employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to restrict certain local governments from enforcing an ordinance contrary to the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to conform; provide for severability of Act's provisions; provide short title of Act; EMERGENCY. AN ACT relating to right-to-work provisions involving a condition of employment or continuation of employment and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 336.130 to indicate that public employees may not strike; prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; define "employee"; require the Labor Cabinet to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 336.180 to conform and define "employer" and "public employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to make a violation of the Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages, and provide injunctive relief; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to exempt existing contracts or agreements and to prohibit deduction of membership dues to a labor organization without express written consent of the employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to restrict certain local governments from enforcing an ordinance contrary to the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to conform; provide for severability of Act's provisions; provide short title of Act; EMERGENCY. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2017RS HB 1 Kentucky HB 1 (2017RS)
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Kentucky HB 1 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to right-to-work provisions involving a condition of employment or continuation of employment and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 336.130 to indicate that public employees may not strike; prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; define "employee"; require the Labor Cabinet to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 336.180 to conform and define "employer" and "public employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to make a violation of the Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages, and provide injunctive relief; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to exempt existing contracts or agreements and to prohibit deduction of membership dues to a labor organization without express written consent of the employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to restrict certain local governments from enforcing an ordinance contrary to the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to conform; provide for severability of Act's provisions; provide short title of Act; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

  1. HB 1 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HFA2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HFA3 (committee substitute) — source
  6. HFA4 (committee substitute) — source
  7. HFA5 (committee substitute) — source
  8. HFA6 (committee substitute) — source
  9. HFA7 (committee substitute) — source
  10. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-03 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2017-01-03 To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-01-03 Taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
  • 2017-01-03 1st reading reading-1
  • 2017-01-03 Returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
  • 2017-01-03 Posting waived
  • 2017-01-04 Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules Committee Substitute reading-2
  • 2017-01-04 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 5, 2017
  • 2017-01-04 Floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
  • 2017-01-05 Floor amendment (6) and (7-title) filed, and floor amendments (3), (4), & (5) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2017-01-05 3rd reading, passed 58-39 with Committee Substitute reading-3, passage
  • 2017-01-05 Received in Senate
  • 2017-01-05 Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
  • 2017-01-05 1st reading reading-1
  • 2017-01-05 Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
  • 2017-01-05 To State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2017-01-06 Taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 2017-01-06 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2017-01-06 Returned to State & Local Government (S)
  • 2017-01-07 Reported favorably, to Rules
  • 2017-01-07 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 7, 2017
  • 2017-01-07 3rd reading, passed 25-12 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-01-07 Received in House
  • 2017-01-07 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2017-01-07 Received in Senate
  • 2017-01-07 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2017-01-07 Delivered to Governor
  • 2017-01-09 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 001) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68e79a05-1baa-4754-84b0-66435ef21f92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).