2025 Regular SessionKentucky Legislature

HB564: AN ACT relating to wages.

Legislative 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 of hourly and tipped employees and require adherence to any future federal increase in excess of the new state wage rates; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.

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Bill History

2/14/2025
introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/14/2025
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
2/25/2025
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/14/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Economic Development & Workforce Investment(House of Representatives)

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/1/197042.8 KB
Local Mandate
Local Mandate1/1/19703.1 KB