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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 87: AN ACT relating to employment.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 87 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to employment. Most recent recorded action (March 14, 2025): floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B.010 to 335B.070 to require hiring or licensing authorities to establish an application process that gives persons convicted of a crime an opportunity to obtain a determination about whether the crime will disqualify the individual from a position of public employment or occupational license before pursuing training; require hiring or licensing authorities to formulate policies and procedures for the application process by promulgating regulations no later than January 1, 2026; and provide an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026; amend KRS 335B.020 to add criteria for hiring and licensing authorities to consider when determining if a conviction directly relates to the position of public employment or occupational license sought; amend KRS 335B.030 to require hiring or licensing authorities to request information; allow an applicant a hearing before making a determination of hiring for a position of public employment or granting an occupational license; and provide written findings of fact to the applicant upon determination.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
  2. 2nd reading, to Rules
  3. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
  4. to Licensing & Occupations (S)
  5. to Committee on Committees (S)
  6. received in Senate
  7. 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
  8. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
  9. 2nd reading, to Rules
  10. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
  11. to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
  12. to Committee on Committees (H)

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source