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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 935 sets a July 1, 2026 deadline for an email cancellation alert system and prohibits employers from requiring workers' compensation rejections
Last action · March 13, 2026: taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) 1st reading returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)Sponsor: Steven Rudy
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What This Bill Proposed
The commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims must establish an email notification system for workers' compensation policy cancellations by July 1, 2026. Employers are prohibited from forcing employees to reject workers' compensation coverage as a condition of employment. Additionally, the Department must provide an online portal for submitting employee coverage rejections or withdrawals.
Changes notification procedures for insurance policy cancellations and bars employers from conditioning hiring or retention on waiving workers' compensation rights, impacting all covered workers and businesses operating in Kentucky.
- House Bill 935 was introduced in the 2026 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly and sponsored by Representative S. Rudy. context
- Workers' compensation in Kentucky is governed under KRS Chapter 342, establishing statutory benefits and administrative procedures for workplace injuries and occupational diseases. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Employees subject to workers' compensation
Employees gain protections against mandatory coverage waivers, access an online portal for filing rejections or withdrawals, and can sign up for cancellation alert emails.
Employers
Employers are barred from conditioning employment on workers' compensation rejections and must file employee notices of rejection with the Department of Workers' Claims.
Department of Workers' Claims
The department is tasked with promulgating regulations for life tables and an email alert system, and providing an online portal for coverage rejections.
Key Facts
- The commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims must promulgate administrative regulations by July 1, 2026, to establish an email notification system for business workers' compensation cancellations.
- Employers are prohibited from requiring an employee to execute a rejection of workers' compensation provisions as a condition to obtain or maintain employment.
- Employers are prohibited from terminating an employee for refusing to execute a rejection of workers' compensation coverage.
- The Department of Workers' Claims must provide an online portal for the electronic submission of employee notices of rejection or withdrawal of rejection.
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- An employee's written notice of rejection is not effective unless the employer files it with the Department of Workers' Claims.
- The commissioner must develop or adopt life expectancy tables for computations regarding apportionment of benefits, attorney fees, and self-insurer reserves.
- The commissioner may adopt life tables published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or other qualified entities.
- The Circuit Court shall enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records upon application by the board, any member, or an administrative law judge.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 13, 2026HouseCommitteetaken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) 1st reading returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeto Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Digitization of Worker Coverage Opt-Outs
The legislation modernizes workers' compensation tracking by replacing older dates with a July 1, 2026 deadline for email notifications and mandating an online portal for coverage rejections.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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