Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB108: AN ACT relating to conditions of employment.
Status: In committee, January 20, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or medical contraindication; provide sample form for employee affirmation; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations and a claim under workers' compensation; amend KRS 344.030 to define term; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere religious beliefs against immunization or for whom immunization would be harmful to his or her health; make technical corrections.
What the bill says
An act relating to conditions of employment.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to conditions of employment. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 344.030 TO 344.110 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) An employer that requires an employee, as a condition of employment, to be immunized against disease shall: (a) Grant an exception to any employee for a sincerely held religious belief against immunization; (b) Grant an exception to any employee for whom, in the written opinion of a health care provider, the required immunization would be injurious to his or her health; and (c) Provide notice of the required immunization to each employee in a written document that: 1. Advises in plain language the available exemptions from the required immunization for a sincerely held religious belief or medical contraindication; and 2. Requires each employee to acknowledge, in writing, receipt of the requirement and receipt of the available exemptions. (2) An employer may require an employee to swear or affirm the claimed exemption on a form that substantially complies with the following: "I, [employee name], swear or affirm by my signature below that I: ..........Hold a sincere religious belief against receiving immunization against disease. .........Object to the immunization as the required immunization would be injurious to my health. [Employee signature] ......................................... [Date]............................". (3) Additional evidence or …
Sponsors
- Steve West (R, SD-027) · primary sponsor
- Lindsey Tichenor (R, SD-006)
- Gary Boswell (R, SD-008)
- Matthew Deneen (R, SD-010)
- Donald Douglas (R, SD-022)
- Greg Elkins (R, SD-028)
- Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R, SD-024)
- Rick Girdler (R, SD-015)
- Scott Madon (R, SD-029)
- Amanda Mays Bledsoe (R, SD-012)
- Stephen Meredith (R, SD-005)
- Robert Mills (R, SD-004)
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 38-0
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to State & Local Government (S)
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : introduced in Senate
Subjects: Public Protection, Local Mandate, Civil Actions, Public Health, Civil Rights, Labor And Industry, Occupational Safety And Health
Common questions
- What is SB108?
- SB108 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to conditions of employment.
- What does SB108 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to conditions of employment.
- What is the status of SB108?
- In committee as of January 20, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (H) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB108?
- Steve West (R, SD-027), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB108?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb108.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.