SB 42 — AN ACT relating to wages.
Last action — to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage for employers to $15.00 an hour; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Compared against the Kentucky Revised Statutes as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.
The bill increases the minimum wage in Kentucky over several years while also revising the existing definitions and minimum wage provisions.
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KRS 337.275
five dollars and eighty-five cents ($5.85) an hour beginning on June 26, 2007, not less than six dollars and fifty-five cents ($6.55) an hour beginning July 1, 2008, and not less than seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) an hour beginning July 1, 2009→ Ten dollars ($10) an hour beginning on the effective date of this Act; Eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) an hour beginning on July 1, 2025; Twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) an hour beginning on July 1, 2026; Fourteen dollars ($14) an hour beginning on July 1, 2027; and Fifteen dollars ($15) an hour beginning on July 1, 2028The bill raises the minimum wage incrementally from $10 to $15 over a period of several years.
Action History
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to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
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to Committee on Committees (S)
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introduced in Senate
Sponsors
- Reginald L. Thomas · Primary
- Gerald A. Neal · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on
Sponsors (2)
- Reginald L. Thomas Democrat
- Gerald A. Neal Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (136)
136 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 42 do?
- Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage for employers to $15.00 an hour; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.
- Who sponsors SB 42?
- SB 42 is sponsored by Reginald L. Thomas (Democrat) and Gerald A. Neal (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 42?
- This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 42?
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