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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 136: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.

Enacted 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

SB 136 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate on January 29, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency. Most recent recorded action (April 13, 2026): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123).

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.

Amend KRS 341.416, relating to suspected unemployment insurance fraud, to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected fraud cases to the United States Department of Labor and to remove the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the United States Department of Justice from the required referral.

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. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123)
  2. delivered to Governor
  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  4. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  5. posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  6. passed 37-0
  7. Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  8. to Rules (S)
  9. received in Senate
  10. 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  11. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
  12. 2nd reading, to Rules

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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