HB 466
AN ACT relating to occupational health and safety.
In Plain Language
This bill increases the penalties that employers have to pay when they violate workplace safety laws or don't fix violations after being cited. Starting in 2025, these penalties will be adjusted every year based on inflation to keep up with rising costs. The increase will be phased in over three years starting in August 2025.
Official summary
Amend KRS 338.991 to increase the civil penalties for employers who have violated any provision of KRS Chapter 338, received a citation for a violation of the requirements of KRS Chapter 338, or failed to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued; require the secretary for the Education and Labor Cabinet to annually adjust the maximum civil penalties beginning in 2025 by the percentage increase, if any, in the United State Average Consumer Price Index for all Urban Customers (CPI-U); direct the secretary to begin a three year phase-in for penalty adjustments beginning August 1, 2025.
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Latest action
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
Feb 14, 2025
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