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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to workers' compensation."
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description: "Amend KRS 342.213 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to certify to the Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee that filing an administrative law judge position is necessary 150 days prior to the expiration of the term, add that the nominating committee may recommend the retention of a Workers' Compensation Board member and that each newly appointed member of the board shall not assume office until 30 days after confirmation; amend KRS 342.215 to provide that any board member appointed to fill an unexpired term shall assume office immediately for the remainder of the term; amend KRS 342.230 to provide that newly appointed administrative law judge shall not assume his or her office until June 1 following Senate confirmation and that any newly appointed administrative law judge appointed to fill any unexpired term shall immediately assume the office for the remainder of the term."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2025RS"
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identifier: "SB 201"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 201 (2025RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Boards and Commissions", "Labor and Industry", "State Agencies", "Workers' Compensation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c4a7a8a-454f-40d0-9c1b-c2be40ad77e2"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb201.html"
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source_hash: "db3f0048f876f3939ebb2ce0794d22cda5013206febedeb7ab69cdfb811e07c7"
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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 SB 201 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.
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Amend KRS 342.213 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to certify to the Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee that filing an administrative law judge position is necessary 150 days prior to the expiration of the term, add that the nominating committee may recommend the retention of a Workers' Compensation Board member and that each newly appointed member of the board shall not assume office until 30 days after confirmation; amend KRS 342.215 to provide that any board member appointed to fill an unexpired term shall assume office immediately for the remainder of the term; amend KRS 342.230 to provide that newly appointed administrative law judge shall not assume his or her office until June 1 following Senate confirmation and that any newly appointed administrative law judge appointed to fill any unexpired term shall immediately assume the office for the remainder of the term.
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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/25RS/sb201/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 93** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0093.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb201/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage SB 201 fccr1 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASS SB 201 W/ sfa1 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage — **88–0** (pass) · upper
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
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- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0-1 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House Floor Amendment (1)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from House Floor Amendment (1)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to recede from Floor Amendment (1)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in Senate
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 88-0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 37-0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
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- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 93) `became-law`
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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/1c4a7a8a-454f-40d0-9c1b-c2be40ad77e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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