republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-144.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 341.030 to suspend any increase in the taxable wage base for calendar year 2022 and utilize the taxable wage base in effect for the 2020 year; amend KRS 341.270 to indicate that employer contribution rates in 2022 shall be determined using the rates listed in Schedule A of Table A; amend KRS 341.614 to provide there will be no surcharge assessment for 2022; retroactively to January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 144	Kentucky HB 144 (2022RS)	bill	Effective Dates Emergency Labor and Industry Local Mandate Retroactive Legislation Unemployment Compensation	enacted	C. Freeland C. Massey D. Elliott J. Dixon J. Gooch Jr. R. Webber S. Westrom	3	35	4	2021-12-10T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d72b76d3-ee3a-470c-a150-cd99c296a629	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb144.html	28261497b302dc93dd8393fafd7de86fb508f2da4f1d32d88da97695e48322f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 144 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 341.030 to suspend any increase in the taxable wage base for calendar year 2022 and utilize the taxable wage base in effect for the 2020 year; amend KRS 341.270 to indicate that employer contribution rates in 2022 shall be determined using the rates listed in Schedule A of Table A; amend KRS 341.614 to provide there will be no surcharge assessment for 2022; retroactively to January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 29 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt sfa1 to HB 144 W/scs1 — fail (fail) · lower
• PASS HB 144 W/ scs1 scta1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• J. Dixon — primary (person)
• J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
• R. Webber — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-10T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
• 2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 31, 2022
• 2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 87-4 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2022
• 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 taken from the Regular Orders of the Day
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) defeated
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 passed 29-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 88-5 passage
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d72b76d3-ee3a-470c-a150-cd99c296a629. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).