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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · January 21, 2026

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

Introduced January 13, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB349

AN ACT relating to wages.

Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage of hourly and tipped employees and require adherence to any future federal increase in excess of the new state wage rates; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.

Charter County Government Cities Consolidated Local Governments Counties Labor and Industry Local Government Local Mandate Personnel and Employment Unified Local Governments Wages and Hours Workforce

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This bill would raise the state minimum wage for hourly and tipped workers in stages, and would also allow cities and counties to set their own minimum wage rates higher than the state level. It expands which retail and service businesses are covered by state wage law by raising the sales threshold used to determine coverage. Kentucky's current minimum wage has not changed in many years, so this bill would affect a broad range of…

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