republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-129.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.	Amend KRS 341.243 to change the employer's contribution rate to the service capacity upgrade fund; of the rate subtracting .075% until December 31, 2026; provide that beginning January 1 2027, the rates shall be adjusted by subtracting 0.0115%; require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to set the adjustment percentage annually to be effective January 1 of each subsequent year, not to exceed 1.025%.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 129	Kentucky SB 129 (2026RS)	bill	Funds Technology Unemployment Compensation	enacted	G. Williams M. Nemes	3	28	2	2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fbb31945-3d7d-4b27-ae22-f434c50eb748	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb129.html	06bae956e189f1e85af74c6da1502d71508fef176222335b9f46f60ecc55699f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 129 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Amend KRS 341.243 to change the employer's contribution rate to the service capacity upgrade fund; of the rate subtracting .075% until December 31, 2026; provide that beginning January 1 2027, the rates shall be adjusted by subtracting 0.0115%; require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to set the adjustment percentage annually to be effective January 1 of each subsequent year, not to exceed 1.025%.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 188 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 129 w/ SFA 2 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 86–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. Williams — primary (person)
• M. Nemes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 23 2026
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (2) passage
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (2) and (3-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 86-1 passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 188) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbb31945-3d7d-4b27-ae22-f434c50eb748. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).