Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB200: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Status: In committee, January 14, 2026
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to direct the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission annually the number of claims paid involving domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.360 to conform; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.550 to prevent benefit payments from pooled account from impacting an employer's experience rating.
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 341.370 is amended to read as follows: (1) A worker shall be disqualified from receiving benefits for the duration of any period of unemployment with respect to which: (a) He or she has failed without good cause either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed by the employment office or the secretary, to accept an interview from a prospective employer offering suitable work, or to accept suitable work when offered him or her, or to return to his or her customary self-employment when so directed by the secretary; (b) He or she has been discharged for misconduct or dishonesty connected with his or her most recent work, or from any work which occurred after the first day of the worker's base period and which last preceded his or her most recent work, but legitimate activity in connection with labor organizations or failure to join a company union shall not be construed as misconduct; (c) He or she has left his or her most recent suitable work or any other suitable work which occurred after the first day of the worker's base period and which last preceded his or her most recent work voluntarily without good cause attributable …
Sponsors
- Nima Kulkarni (D, HD-040) · primary sponsor
- Samara Heavrin (R, HD-018)
Latest actions
- : to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Domestic Relations, Crime Victims, Reports Mandated, Unemployment Compensation, Local Mandate, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Labor And Industry
Common questions
- What is HB200?
- HB200 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
- What does HB200 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to unemployment insurance.
- What is the status of HB200?
- In committee as of January 14, 2026. Latest action: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (January 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB200?
- Nima Kulkarni (D, HD-040), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB200?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb200.html
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