republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-136.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 341.416, relating to suspected unemployment insurance fraud, to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected fraud cases to the United States Department of Labor and to remove the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the United States Department of Justice from the required referral.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 136	Kentucky SB 136 (2026RS)	bill	Insurance Labor And Industry State Agencies Unemployment Compensation Workforce	enacted	S. Funke Frommeyer	3	23	3	2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/af19849f-d6ba-461a-9cff-48ff29a31360	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb136.html	f08b0fb719e215d4528e68030a1eb4cd6b634827a0e49cc2ddfa7df9ef7a4b22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 136 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 341.416, relating to suspected unemployment insurance fraud, to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected fraud cases to the United States Department of Labor and to remove the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the United States Department of Justice from the required referral.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 123 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 96–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 136 w/ HCS 1, HCA 1 (T) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 136 — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10 2026
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37-0 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af19849f-d6ba-461a-9cff-48ff29a31360. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).