Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB136: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.
Status: Signed into law, April 13, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to unemployment insurance.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 341.350 is amended to read as follows: An unemployed worker shall, except as provided in KRS 341.360 and 341.370, be eligible for benefits with respect to any week of unemployment only (2) For an initial claim made on or after January 1, 2012, he or she has served a waiting period of one (1) week, during which he or she has not received benefits. The waiting week period shall be the first compensable week of an initial claim for benefits for which he or she is eligible and qualified to receive benefits under this chapter. A waiting week period shall be required for each benefit year, whether or not consecutive. No more than one (1) waiting week period shall be required in any benefit year. The waiting week shall become compensable once the remaining balance on the claim is equal to or less than the compensable amount for the waiting week; (3) (a) He or she has registered for work with respect to such week in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary; (b) He or she participates in reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, if pursuant to a profiling system established by the secretary, he …
Sponsors
- Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R, SD-024) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : passed 37-0
- : Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : to Rules (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Votes
- Senate: FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 136 w/ HCS 1, HCA 1 (T) (HCS 1) RSN# 4101 (April 1, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 386 (March 31, 2026): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 136 RSN# 3810 (February 10, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Unemployment Compensation, Insurance, Labor And Industry, Workforce
Common questions
- What is SB136?
- SB136 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.
- What does SB136 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to unemployment insurance.
- What is the status of SB136?
- Signed into law as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123) (April 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB136?
- Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R, SD-024).
- Where is the official record for SB136?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb136.html
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