Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB814: AN ACT relating to employment.
Status: In committee, March 9, 2026
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms and make the termination of employment without cause unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge; specify when the employers' internal procedures are to be used.
What the bill says
An act relating to employment.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to employment. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 337 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: As used in Sections 1 to 3 of this Act, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Constructive discharge" means the resignation of an employee because of a working condition or conditions that an objective and reasonable person would find intolerable, and does not include resignation because of an employer's refusal to promote the employee or improve wages, responsibilities, or other terms and conditions of employment; (2) "Discharge" means termination of employment and includes a constructive discharge as defined in subsection (1) of this section, resignation, elimination of the job, layoff for lack of work, failure to recall or rehire, and any other cutback in the number of employees; (3) "Fringe benefits" means the value of any employer-paid vacation leave, sick leave, medical insurance plan, disability insurance plan, life insurance plan, and pension or retirement benefit plan in force on the date of the termination; (4) "Good cause" means reasonable job-related grounds for dismissal based on a failure to satisfactorily perform job duties, disruption of the employer's operation, or other legitimate business reason; (5) "Lost wages" means the gross amount of wages that would have been reported to the …
Sponsors
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Wages And Hours, Personnel And Employment, Local Mandate, Labor And Industry, Workforce
Common questions
- What is HB814?
- HB814 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to employment.
- What does HB814 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to employment.
- What is the status of HB814?
- In committee as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (March 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB814?
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043).
- Where is the official record for HB814?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb814.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.