Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 18A.005 to define "intern employee" and "intern position"; amend KRS 18A.050 to require a member of the Personnel Board to vacate his or her position or have the board terminate his or her position if he or she separates from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.0751 to no longer require the Personnel Board to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to employee fines or employee reemployment after a layoff; amend KRS 18A.110 to allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement scholarship programs, internship programs, education programs, and educational assistance programs for employees; allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the classified service governing layoffs, furloughs, and reduction of hours to include, but not be limited to reemployment of laid-off employees; amend KRS 18A.113 to provide that in the same department or office, county, and job classification, intern, interim and probationary employees shall be terminated before full-time and part-time employees with status are laid off; amend KRS 18A.115 to permit members and employees of boards and commissions exempt from the classified service to employ staff subject to the provisions of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200, 18A.202, and 18A.203; exempt juvenile institution superintendents from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.125 to require all agencies and employees for which the Personnel Cabinet administers payroll to comply with the secretary's payroll administration; prohibit an executive branch agency for which the cabinet administers payroll from authorizing work performance outside of the Commonwealth without approval from the secretary; allow an agency to request the secretary deduct certain items from an employee's final paycheck so long as the deduction is expressly authorized in writing and does not reduce the employee's pay below the federal minimum wage; amend KRS 18A.135 to direct when reemployment rights expire; amend KRS 18A.197 and 18A.203 to permit an employee who has provided proper notice of resignation or retirement to transfer all or part of their remaining sick or annual leave balance even if they have accumulated under 75 hours of sick or annual leave; amend KRS 18A.035, 18A.095, 18A.100, 18A.355, 132.370, and 163.032 to conform and make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Tichenor

Summary Retain original provisions, except create a new section in KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit any employee of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government from teleworking unless an emergency is declared; define terms; allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, or director of the Legislative Research Commission, as appropriate, to approve a policy to allow for up to two telework days per month for certain employees; require that any telework day used in a declared emergency be counted toward the monthly telework day allowance; provide exceptions to certain employees; require compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- J. Tipton

Summary Retain original provisions, except delete Section 1 in its entirety; require the Personnel Cabinet to submit a report on telework policies to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government and Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by December 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 18A.005, 18A.035, 18A.050, 18A.0751, 18A.095, 18A.100, 18A.110, 18A.113, 18A.115, 18A.125, 18A.135, 18A.197, 18A.203, 18A.355, 132.370, 163.032
Current: 18A.005, 18A.035, 18A.050, 18A.0751, 18A.095, 18A.100, 18A.110, 18A.113, 18A.115, 18A.125, 18A.135, 18A.197, 18A.203, 18A.355, 132.370, 163.032