republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-499.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to employee child-care assistance and declaring an emergency.	Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to create the Employee Child-Care Assistance Partnership program; define terms; obligate the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to administer the program; establish reporting requirements; establish a fund for the program; authorize the cabinet to administer the fund; direct the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to effectuate the program; establish program requirements for employers and employees; establish requirements for both permissive and mandatory termination of the program contract; permit the Cabinet for Economic Development to condition program requirements on participation in this program; amend KRS 199.990 to include a penalty; cite as the Employee Child-Care Assistance Partnership; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 499	Kentucky HB 499 (2022RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Appropriations Economic Development Effective Dates Emergency Fiscal Note Labor and Industry Short Titles and Popular Names Small Business State Agencies Workforce	enacted	A. Bowling A. Gentry A. Hatton A. Koenig B. McCool B. Rowland B. Wheatley C. Freeland C. Fugate C. Massey C. Stevenson D. Bentley D. Elliott D. Frazier Gordon D. Hale D. Osborne DJ Johnson J. Branscum J. Bray J. Calloway J. Dixon J. Fischer J. Gooch Jr. J. Jenkins J. Miller J. Nemes J. Raymond J. Tipton K. Banta K. Bratcher K. Fleming K. King K. Moser K. Timoney K. Upchurch L. Willner M. Cantrell M. Hart M. Koch M. Meredith M. Pollock M. Prunty N. Kirk-McCormick N. Kulkarni N. Tate P. Flannery P. Minter P. Pratt R. Dotson R. Heath R. Huff R. Palumbo R. Roberts R. Webber S. Heavrin S. Lewis S. McPherson S. Sharp S. Sheldon T. Bojanowski T. Huff T. Smith T. Truett W. Lawrence W. Thomas	3	53	4	2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/320ee989-8434-4387-9f89-29df3fcab309	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb499.html	5f05c457ebb138d1bbebca1b6598c5ebd084ef1f2368a1aebb1de808825d1980	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 499 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to employee child-care assistance and declaring an emergency.

Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to create the Employee Child-Care Assistance Partnership program; define terms; obligate the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to administer the program; establish reporting requirements; establish a fund for the program; authorize the cabinet to administer the fund; direct the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to effectuate the program; establish program requirements for employers and employees; establish requirements for both permissive and mandatory termination of the program contract; permit the Cabinet for Economic Development to condition program requirements on participation in this program; amend KRS 199.990 to include a penalty; cite as the Employee Child-Care Assistance Partnership; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 184 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE HB 499 w/ fccr1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 499 w/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Bowling — primary (person)
• A. Gentry — primary (person)
• A. Hatton — primary (person)
• A. Koenig — primary (person)
• B. McCool — primary (person)
• B. Rowland — primary (person)
• B. Wheatley — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• C. Stevenson — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• D. Osborne — primary (person)
• DJ Johnson — primary (person)
• J. Branscum — primary (person)
• J. Bray — primary (person)
• J. Calloway — primary (person)
• J. Dixon — primary (person)
• J. Fischer — primary (person)
• J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
• J. Jenkins — primary (person)
• J. Miller — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• J. Raymond — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. Banta — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. Fleming — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• K. Upchurch — primary (person)
• L. Willner — primary (person)
• M. Cantrell — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• M. Koch — primary (person)
• M. Meredith — primary (person)
• M. Pollock — primary (person)
• M. Prunty — primary (person)
• N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
• N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• P. Minter — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)
• R. Dotson — primary (person)
• R. Heath — primary (person)
• R. Huff — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• R. Roberts — primary (person)
• R. Webber — primary (person)
• S. Heavrin — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• S. Sheldon — primary (person)
• T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
• T. Huff — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• T. Truett — primary (person)
• W. Lawrence — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 80-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3-title) filed and floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Free Conference Committee Report (1)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 33-3 passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 86-4 passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 184) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/320ee989-8434-4387-9f89-29df3fcab309. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).