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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FISCAL NOTE STATEMENT
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION
2023 REGULAR SESSION
MEASURE
2023 BR NUMBER 408 HOUSE BILL NUMBER 93
TITLE AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
SPONSOR Representative Nima Kulkarni
FISCAL SUMMARY
STATE FISCAL IMPACT: YES NO UNCERTAIN
OTHER FISCAL STATEMENT (S) THAT MAY APPLY: ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS
LOCAL MANDATE CORRECTIONS IMPACT HEALTH BENEFIT MANDATE
APPROPRIATION UNIT(S) IMPACTED: Workforce Development
FUND(S) IMPACTED: GENERAL ROAD FEDERAL RESTRICTED
FISCAL ESTIMATES 2022-2023 2023-2024 ANNUAL IMPACT AT FULL
IMPLEMENTATION
REVENUES
EXPENDITURES indeterminable indeterminable
NET EFFECT (indeterminable) (indeterminable)
( ) indicates a decrease/negative
PURPOSE OF MEASURE: This measure allows eligible workers to receive unemployment
insurance (UI) benefits if they become unemployed due to circumstances of domestic violence,
sexual assault, or stalking. These claims are to be charged to the UI pooled account to avoid
impacting employer’s experience rating.
FISCAL EXPLANATION : The bill would cause an increase in expenditures from the federal
UI pooled account. Several factors make it difficult to predict the number of domestic violence
victims who would file UI claims, whether substantiated documentation would be provided to
allow approval of such claims, as well as the number of weeks of benefits that would be
requested. Reports from other states that currently allow UI claims for domestic violence show a
minimal impact to UI benefits paid. While the impact on the federal UI pooled account is
indeterminable, the Kentucky employer’s UI reserve accounts would not be impacted by the
passage of this legislation.
DATA SOURCE(S): LRC Staff, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Montana
Department of Labor & Industry
PREPARER: Sara Rome & Ethan Williams NOTE NUMBER: 3 REVIEW: JAB DATE: 1/9/2023