Introduced

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Passed Senate

Became law

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

Last action · February 27, 2025

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

Introduced February 19, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB780

AN ACT relating to employment.

Amend KRS 337.010 to remove exemptions in definition of "employee" for agricultural workers and domestic service workers; amend KRS 342.630 to indicate that agricultural employers are subject to KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 342.650 to remove exemptions for domestic service employees and agricultural employees from coverage under KRS Chapter 342; amend various other sections to conform.

Labor and Industry Personnel and Employment Wages and Hours Workers' Compensation Agriculture

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This bill would expand Kentucky's labor law protections by removing existing exemptions that currently exclude agricultural workers and domestic service workers from the standard definition of "employee." It would also bring agricultural employers under the state's workers' compensation laws, meaning those workers would gain access to the same wage and workers' compensation protections that most other Kentucky employees already have. Who it may affect: farmworkers, household and domestic service workers, and their employers.

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