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Last action · January 9, 2025
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Introduced January 7, 2025

Senate
Adjourned Sine Die
2025 Regular Session

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 the minimum wage to $15 an hour; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.

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This bill would raise Kentucky's minimum wage incrementally up to $15 per hour and expand which retail and service industry workers are covered by state wage laws by raising the employer sales threshold. It would also allow cities and counties to set their own minimum wage rates higher than the state minimum if they choose. Who it may affect: hourly workers in retail and service jobs, employers in those industries, and local governments considering their own wage policies.

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Legislative History

Jan 7, 2025 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Jan 7, 2025 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Jan 9, 2025 · Senate
To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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Reginald Thomas

Senator · Senate District 13

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Reginald.Thomas@kylegislature.gov

Co-sponsors (3)

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Casey Chambers Armstrong

Senator · Senate District 19

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Cassie.Armstrong@kylegislature.gov
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Gerald Neal

Senator · Senate District 33

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Gerald.Neal@kylegislature.gov
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David Yates

Senator · Senate District 037

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David.Yates@kylegislature.gov

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