Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB129: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2026
Amend KRS 341.243 to change the employer's contribution rate to the service capacity upgrade fund; of the rate subtracting .075% until December 31, 2026; provide that beginning January 1 2027, the rates shall be adjusted by subtracting 0.0115%; require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to set the adjustment percentage annually to be effective January 1 of each subsequent year, not to exceed 1.025%.
What the bill says
An act relating to unemployment insurance.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 341.243 is amended to read as follows: (1) There is created within the State Treasury a special fund known as the service capacity upgrade fund that shall be administered separate and apart from all public money or funds of the state. (2) The service capacity upgrade fund shall be used solely for acquisition and upgrading of the technology base, program integrity functions, and service delivery capacity in support of the programs administered by the Office of Unemployment Insurance. The secretary shall have full power, authority, and jurisdiction over the fund, including all money, property, and securities belonging thereto, and shall perform any act necessary or convenient in the administration of the fund consistent with this section. Any expenditure of the fund to upgrade the technology base shall be coordinated with and approved by the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and nothing in this section shall be construed as reducing or limiting the authority of the Commonwealth's chief information officer over all technology expenditures. The secretary shall provide an annual report to the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment detailing all receipts and expenditures of the fund. (3) Any money collected under the provisions of this section shall …
Sponsors
- Mike Nemes (R, SD-038) · primary sponsor
- Gex Williams (R, SD-020)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 188)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 86-1
- : placed in the Orders of the Day
- : taken from Rules
- : floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- : floor amendments (2) and (3-title) filed
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 496 (April 15, 2026): 86 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 129 w/ SFA 2 (SFA 2) RSN# 3851 (February 24, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Technology, Funds, Unemployment Compensation
Common questions
- What is SB129?
- SB129 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
- What does SB129 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to unemployment insurance.
- What is the status of SB129?
- Signed into law as of April 17, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 188) (April 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB129?
- Mike Nemes (R, SD-038), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB129?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb129.html
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