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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Kentucky HB 144 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Labor and Industry", "Local Mandate", "Retroactive Legislation", "Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Freeland", "C. Massey", "D. Elliott", "J. Dixon", "J. Gooch Jr.", "R. Webber", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d72b76d3-ee3a-470c-a150-cd99c296a629"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb144.html"
source_hash: "28261497b302dc93dd8393fafd7de86fb508f2da4f1d32d88da97695e48322f6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb144/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0029.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb144/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d72b76d3-ee3a-470c-a150-cd99c296a629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).