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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency."
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description: "Amend KRS 341.416, relating to suspected unemployment insurance fraud, to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected fraud cases to the United States Department of Labor and to remove the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the United States Department of Justice from the required referral."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2026RS"
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identifier: "SB 136"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 136 (2026RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance", "Labor And Industry", "State Agencies", "Unemployment Compensation", "Workforce"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["S. Funke Frommeyer"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af19849f-d6ba-461a-9cff-48ff29a31360"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb136.html"
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source_hash: "f08b0fb719e215d4528e68030a1eb4cd6b634827a0e49cc2ddfa7df9ef7a4b22"
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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 136 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.
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Amend KRS 341.416, relating to suspected unemployment insurance fraud, to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected fraud cases to the United States Department of Labor and to remove the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the United States Department of Justice from the required referral.
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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/26RS/sb136/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0123.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb136/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Pass — **96–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 136 w/ HCS 1, HCA 1 (T) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASS SB 136 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10 2026
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- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123) `executive-signature`
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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/af19849f-d6ba-461a-9cff-48ff29a31360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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