republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-10.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to registration of professional employer organizations and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 336.236 to change the registration period for existing professional employer organizations as of July 14, 2022, to register with the Department of Workers' Claims by July 15, 2024; amend KRS 336.248 to require professional employer organizations to report and pay all unemployment insurance fund contributions using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the client between the effective date of the Act and December 31, 2024; provide that after January 1, 2025, the professional employer organization shall report and pay all unemployment insurance fund contributions using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the professional employer organization; amend KRS 336.250 to prohibit professional employer organizations from operating in Kentucky after July 15, 2024, without registering with the Department of Workers' Claims; provide that provisions in KRS 336.230 to 336.250 not amended in this Act are not changed; prohibit the Education and Labor Cabinet from requiring or enforcing certain reporting or payment for the period between July 14, 2022, and when this Act takes effect; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Kentucky SB 10 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Labor and Industry", "Personnel and Employment", "Small Business", "Unemployment Compensation", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b250da86-6b87-4986-8443-02dedf687b08"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb10.html"
source_hash: "de3c3e828af660093f001655a03d5a867c96ab008de13baf458b4ab75059735a"
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 10 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to registration of professional employer organizations and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 336.236 to change the registration period for existing professional employer organizations as of July 14, 2022, to register with the Department of Workers' Claims by July 15, 2024; amend KRS 336.248 to require professional employer organizations to report and pay all unemployment insurance fund contributions using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the client between the effective date of the Act and December 31, 2024; provide that after January 1, 2025, the professional employer organization shall report and pay all unemployment insurance fund contributions using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the professional employer organization; amend KRS 336.250 to prohibit professional employer organizations from operating in Kentucky after July 15, 2024, without registering with the Department of Workers' Claims; provide that provisions in KRS 336.230 to 336.250 not amended in this Act are not changed; prohibit the Education and Labor Cabinet from requiring or enforcing certain reporting or payment for the period between July 14, 2022, and when this Act takes effect; 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/sb10/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0001.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb10/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 10 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 05, 2023
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** substituted for identical House Bill 10
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 98-0 `passage`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b250da86-6b87-4986-8443-02dedf687b08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).