republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/sb-180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to guidelines and standards for labor and workforce development and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Education and Labor Cabinet and move all divisions and offices of the existing Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Labor Cabinet to the Education and Labor Cabinet; establish the duties, responsibilities, powers, and authority of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet; provide that the Education and Labor Cabinet shall exercise all administrative functions of the state concerning employer-employee relationships, including the safety of workers and workers' compensation; require a national and state background check for prospective and current employees of the Education and Labor Cabinet with access to or use of federal tax information; amend various Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform with the creation of the Education and Labor Cabinet; repeal KRS 151B.020, 151B.022, 151B.225, 151B.280, 336.015, 336.020, 336.030, 336.040, 336.050, 336.060, and 336.125."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 180"
citation: "Kentucky SB 180 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Higher", "Education", "Vocational", "Labor and Industry", "Occupational Safety and Health", "Reorganization", "Small Business", "State Agencies", "Unemployment Compensation", "Wages and Hours", "Workers' Compensation", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Nemes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9c82b62-c871-4168-8384-2546d7155164"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb180.html"
source_hash: "4a6693b2b1cf6f2e069a80cbb539a2de784cf230645ed16cb9c60b20bc6642b0"
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 SB 180 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to guidelines and standards for labor and workforce development and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Education and Labor Cabinet and move all divisions and offices of the existing Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Labor Cabinet to the Education and Labor Cabinet; establish the duties, responsibilities, powers, and authority of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet; provide that the Education and Labor Cabinet shall exercise all administrative functions of the state concerning employer-employee relationships, including the safety of workers and workers' compensation; require a national and state background check for prospective and current employees of the Education and Labor Cabinet with access to or use of federal tax information; amend various Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform with the creation of the Education and Labor Cabinet; repeal KRS 151B.020, 151B.022, 151B.225, 151B.280, 336.015, 336.020, 336.030, 336.040, 336.050, 336.060, and 336.125.

## 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/sb180/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0236.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb180/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 180 w/ hcs1 hfa1 hcta2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 180 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Nemes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 04, 2022
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 71-20 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House and Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-2 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 236) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9c82b62-c871-4168-8384-2546d7155164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).