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Bill AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Unemployment Insurance to advise a claimant approved for benefits of additional benefits, training opportunities, and financial aid resources available; amend KRS 341.005 to add training provided under the Trade Act of 1974 to the definition of approved training, and add disaster unemployment assistance and trade readjustment allowances to the programs not considered as enhanced benefits; amend KRS 341.100 create comprehensive list of conditions the secretary shall take into consideration when determining if work is suitable; amend KRS 341.385 to change the minimum state average unemployment rate from less than or equal to 4.5% to 6.5% and the minimum weeks of benefits available from 12 weeks to 16 weeks; remove claimants from the classification system with a definite return to work date or recall to work within a period of 16 weeks from the date of filing the initial or reopened claim, and removes extended benefits from benefits that shall not be affected by the classification system; amend KRS 341.375 to provide that notice the claimant declined to accept suitable work, or has failed to attend the first interview may not be the principal factor when determining ineligibility for benefits; amend KRS 341.4169 to provide workers shall not be denied shared work benefits if otherwise eligible when participating in training funded by the Workforce Innovation Act. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2023RS HB 146 Kentucky HB 146 (2023RS)
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Kentucky HB 146 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Unemployment Insurance to advise a claimant approved for benefits of additional benefits, training opportunities, and financial aid resources available; amend KRS 341.005 to add training provided under the Trade Act of 1974 to the definition of approved training, and add disaster unemployment assistance and trade readjustment allowances to the programs not considered as enhanced benefits; amend KRS 341.100 create comprehensive list of conditions the secretary shall take into consideration when determining if work is suitable; amend KRS 341.385 to change the minimum state average unemployment rate from less than or equal to 4.5% to 6.5% and the minimum weeks of benefits available from 12 weeks to 16 weeks; remove claimants from the classification system with a definite return to work date or recall to work within a period of 16 weeks from the date of filing the initial or reopened claim, and removes extended benefits from benefits that shall not be affected by the classification system; amend KRS 341.375 to provide that notice the claimant declined to accept suitable work, or has failed to attend the first interview may not be the principal factor when determining ineligibility for benefits; amend KRS 341.4169 to provide workers shall not be denied shared work benefits if otherwise eligible when participating in training funded by the Workforce Innovation Act.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 80 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
  • Pass — pass (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 146 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
  • 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
  • 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-2 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
  • 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
  • 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed 94-0 passage
  • 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/700c8566-af35-43c1-b0ef-84cc7f9a2348. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).