Employment laws and bills in Kentucky

Every bill in the Kentucky Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 118bills in scope
Past committee: 19past committee
Most recent action: 27 April 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Kentucky in 2026

6 Employment bills were enacted in Kentucky this year, the latest with a last action on 27 April 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Kentucky

14Enacted

5Past committee

99Introduced or inactive

118 bills in scope

Enacted

SB 98AN ACT relating to welding safety.27 April 2026Enacted HB 500AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.14 April 2026Enacted HB 490AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions and declaring an emergency.14 April 2026Enacted SB 136AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.13 April 2026Enacted HB 5AN ACT relating to prison educational programs.9 April 2026Enacted SB 343AN ACT relating to the Department of Workers' Claims and declaring an emergency.9 April 2026Enacted HB 369AN ACT relating to police department members.31 March 2025Enacted SB 9AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency.31 March 2025Enacted HB 398AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health.27 March 2025Enacted SB 201AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.27 March 2025Enacted SB 162AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.24 March 2025Enacted SB 103AN ACT relating to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.19 March 2025Enacted HB 131AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules.17 March 2025Enacted SB 15AN ACT relating to minimum wage exceptions and declaring an emergency.17 March 2025Enacted

Past committee

HB 755AN ACT relating to associations and individual representation rights.15 April 2026Passed committee SB 124AN ACT relating to sick leave for school district personnel.15 April 2026Passed chamber HB 732AN ACT relating to worker benefits.31 March 2026Passed chamber HB 713AN ACT relating to workplace violence against health care professionals.16 March 2026Passed chamber SB 79AN ACT relating to state personnel.25 February 2025Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

6 of 99 shown

HB 888AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.25 March 2026In committee HB 935AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.13 March 2026In committee HB 898AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements.11 March 2026In committee HB 903AN ACT relating to barber apprenticeships.11 March 2026In committee HB 938AN ACT relating to occupational health and safety.11 March 2026In committee HB 813AN ACT relating to contracts.9 March 2026In committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 118. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Kentucky Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.

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