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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to the public assistance benefits cliff."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2022RS"
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identifier: "HB 708"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 708 (2022RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Dixon", "K. King", "S. Heavrin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8832346a-ba80-4fcc-a815-51a12cdf57b8"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb708.html"
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source_hash: "ef9815ea573527891557a1c0d7759975877fd615ca375fa33e86a42c20e66df6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 708 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the public assistance benefits cliff.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb708/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0174.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb708/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- PASS HB 708 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- J. Dixon — primary (person)
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- K. King — primary (person)
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- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
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- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
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- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2022
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- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 86-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health & Welfare (S)
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- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health & Welfare (S)
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- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
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- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
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- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
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- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 174) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8832346a-ba80-4fcc-a815-51a12cdf57b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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