republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-7.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the administration of payroll systems and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 336.180 to define \"political activities,\" \"candidate,\" \"committee,\" \"contributing organization,\" \"contribution,\" \"election,\" \"electioneering communications,\" \"fundraiser,\" \"independent expenditure,\" \"labor organization,\" \"public employee,\" \"slate of candidates,\" and \"testimonial affair\"; amend KRS 336.134 to prohibit any deduction from the wages of any public employee for any dues, fees, or charges associated with a labor organization or for political activities without a written authorization from the public employee; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit public employers from assisting a labor organization or other entity in collecting funds or financial information if the funds are to be used for political purposes; prohibit application of these restrictions if deductions were made under bargaining agreements entered into before the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 336.990 to create a penalty; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Kentucky SB 7 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Collective Bargaining", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Labor and Industry", "Local Mandate", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Public Officers and Employees", "Teachers", "Wages and Hours"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b342c88-c41b-4164-8e0e-64b577bb8ff5"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb7.html"
source_hash: "f21d808ba3f8d79d882d110e916fb51b7ca162818e4080ab6dc4ea0431629c80"
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 7 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the administration of payroll systems and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 336.180 to define "political activities," "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "labor organization," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.134 to prohibit any deduction from the wages of any public employee for any dues, fees, or charges associated with a labor organization or for political activities without a written authorization from the public employee; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit public employers from assisting a labor organization or other entity in collecting funds or financial information if the funds are to be used for political purposes; prohibit application of these restrictions if deductions were made under bargaining agreements entered into before the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 336.990 to create a penalty; 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/23RS/sb7/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0133.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb7/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override Final Passage SB 7 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 7 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 7 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Motion to move the previous question on SB 7 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 09, 2023
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** passed 27-8 `passage`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (3-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) defeated
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 66-33 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 25 -12 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 23 -13 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 68-29 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 133) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b342c88-c41b-4164-8e0e-64b577bb8ff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).