republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/sb-162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected unemployment insurance fraud cases to the United States Department of Justice, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the county attorney or Commonwealth's attorney within 30 days of the suspected fraud determination; require that public agencies immediately terminate employees or contractors determined to have collected or attempted to collect unemployment benefits while employed by the public agency; do not require a legal disposition finding that the employee or contractor is guilty in order for public agencies to terminate employment; provide that collecting or attempting to collect unemployment benefits while employed by or under contract with the cabinet shall be a breach of any collective bargaining agreement, civil service process, or contract; amend KRS 341.370 to require that a worker be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week they are under investigation for suspected unemployment insurance fraud; require the disqualification to remain in effect until an investigation determines that a fraudulent act has not occurred; amend KRS 341.360 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Kentucky SB 162 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Collective Bargaining", "Contracts", "Insurance", "Labor and Industry", "State Agencies", "Technical Corrections", "Unemployment Compensation", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/216bb0f2-8431-4573-8f2c-7c9e41cb5a0b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb162.html"
source_hash: "e594026dcef53350ca5b566f0c4d6a246e2e51a53f4c43e055f15aef1f2d2dd0"
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 162 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected unemployment insurance fraud cases to the United States Department of Justice, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the county attorney or Commonwealth's attorney within 30 days of the suspected fraud determination; require that public agencies immediately terminate employees or contractors determined to have collected or attempted to collect unemployment benefits while employed by the public agency; do not require a legal disposition finding that the employee or contractor is guilty in order for public agencies to terminate employment; provide that collecting or attempting to collect unemployment benefits while employed by or under contract with the cabinet shall be a breach of any collective bargaining agreement, civil service process, or contract; amend KRS 341.370 to require that a worker be disqualified from receiving benefits for any week they are under investigation for suspected unemployment insurance fraud; require the disqualification to remain in effect until an investigation determines that a fraudulent act has not occurred; amend KRS 341.360 to conform.

## 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/25RS/sb162/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 52** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0052.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb162/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **91–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 162 W/ hfa4 — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 162 W/ scs1 sfa1 — **31–7** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-7 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3) and (4) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Floor Amendment (4) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (4)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (4)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 33-2 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 52) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/216bb0f2-8431-4573-8f2c-7c9e41cb5a0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).