republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-708.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the public assistance benefits cliff.	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a basic health program and to develop a benefits cliff calculator; direct the cabinet to establish and operate a Community Jobs Initiative pilot program; require the cabinet to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 708	Kentucky HB 708 (2022RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Appropriations Economic Development Effective Dates Emergency Federal Laws and Regulations Insurance Health Poverty Public Assistance Public Medical Assistance Reports Mandated State Agencies Wages and Hours	enacted	J. Dixon K. King S. Heavrin	3	28	2	2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8832346a-ba80-4fcc-a815-51a12cdf57b8	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb708.html	ef9815ea573527891557a1c0d7759975877fd615ca375fa33e86a42c20e66df6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 708 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the public assistance benefits cliff.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a basic health program and to develop a benefits cliff calculator; direct the cabinet to establish and operate a Community Jobs Initiative pilot program; require the cabinet to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; 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 174 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 708 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Dixon — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• S. Heavrin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2022
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 86-0 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
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Health & Welfare (S)
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Health & Welfare (S)
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 reassigned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 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 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. 174) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8832346a-ba80-4fcc-a815-51a12cdf57b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).