HB 131
AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules.
In Plain Language
This bill lets fire departments set work schedules of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours off duty, unless firefighters have a union contract that says otherwise. Cities and urban-county governments can keep their current union agreements instead of using these new schedules. The change only applies to certain fire personnel and only when there's no collective bargaining agreement already in place.
Official summary
Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules.
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Latest action
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.24)
Mar 17, 2025
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