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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to employee child-care assistance and declaring an emergency."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 499"
citation: "Kentucky HB 499 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/320ee989-8434-4387-9f89-29df3fcab309"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb499.html"
source_hash: "5f05c457ebb138d1bbebca1b6598c5ebd084ef1f2368a1aebb1de808825d1980"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb499/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 184** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0184.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb499/bill.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/320ee989-8434-4387-9f89-29df3fcab309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).