republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to youth employment programs."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 339 to allow a nonprofit organization to create a work program for minors 12 or 13 years of age; require the program to exist to provide minors with life skills and employment skills; require that the primary benefit of the work performed provide vocational and educational value to the minors; prohibit minors from working when school is in session; prohibit minors from working in activities that engage in interstate commerce; allow participation of minors 14 to 17 years of age to participate in work program under current gainful employment standards; require the Department of Workplace Standards to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 339.210 to specify that the participation of minors 12 or 13 years of age in the work program for minors shall be excluded from \"gainful employment.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Kentucky SB 128 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Children and Minors", "Education", "Vocational", "Wages and Hours", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Mays Bledsoe", "D. Givens", "M. Deneen", "S. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fef903d7-450e-44e6-801c-79c1bccb7649"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb128.html"
source_hash: "0d156cf26ecc3bae2214de35f4c0f63de07a993ab5d65547f0cf35af205d4555"
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 128 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to youth employment programs.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 339 to allow a nonprofit organization to create a work program for minors 12 or 13 years of age; require the program to exist to provide minors with life skills and employment skills; require that the primary benefit of the work performed provide vocational and educational value to the minors; prohibit minors from working when school is in session; prohibit minors from working in activities that engage in interstate commerce; allow participation of minors 14 to 17 years of age to participate in work program under current gainful employment standards; require the Department of Workplace Standards to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 339.210 to specify that the participation of minors 12 or 13 years of age in the work program for minors shall be excluded from "gainful employment."

## 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/24RS/sb128/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 119** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0119.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb128/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 128 W/ scs1 sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 119) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fef903d7-450e-44e6-801c-79c1bccb7649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).