Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Civil Actions, Civil Rights, Labor And Industry, Local Mandate, Occupational Safety And Health, Public Health, Public Protection
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-20 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or medical contraindication; provide sample form for employee affirmation; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations and a claim under workers' compensation; amend KRS 344.030 to define term; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere religious beliefs against immunization or for whom immunization would be harmful to his or her health; make technical corrections.
Sponsors
- S. West (primary), primary
- L. Tichenor (primary), primary
- G. Boswell (primary), primary
- M. Deneen (primary), primary
- D. Douglas (primary), primary
- G. Elkins (primary), primary
- S. Funke Frommeyer (primary), primary
- R. Girdler (primary), primary
- S. Madon (primary), primary
- A. Mays Bledsoe (primary), primary
- S. Meredith (primary), primary
- R. Mills (primary), primary
- M. Nemes (primary), primary
- M. Nunn (primary), primary
- S. Rawlings (primary), primary
- A. Reed (primary), primary
- C. Richardson (primary), primary
- B. Storm (primary), primary
- P. Wheeler (primary), primary
- G. Williams (primary), primary
- M. Wilson (primary), primary
- M. Wise (primary), primary