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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 619

AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Boards And Commissions, Education, Higher, General Assembly, Reports Mandated
Introduced / first action
2026-02-11 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 164.321 to increase the membership of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) board of regents to a total of 17; reduce the terms of membership on a board of regents to 4 years; reduce the number of members allowed to reside in 1 county to 1 member; specify that the nonteaching member of a board of regents shall not be an employee who supervises more than 2 employees or reports directly to the president; specify that a member of a board of regents may be removed if the member does not attend 3 consecutive regularly scheduled meetings and the president requests the member's removal; amend KRS 164.350 to authorize the board of the KCTCS review the president's biennial budget and the budget planning and implementation processes; amend KRS164.365 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 164.580 to distinguish the responsibilities of the president of the KCTCS; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the president of the KCTCS to employ a chief financial officer and to specify the responsibilities of the chief financial officer; amend KRS 164.583 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 164.591 to require the president of the KCTCS to present a plan for review by the board of regents when considering the reduction, expansion, or creation of colleges, campuses, or programs, allow the president to conditionally implement the plan upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education; require KCTCS to submit a report to the appropriate committees of the General Assembly regarding the plan; require final approval of the plan by the General Assembly; require the KCTCS to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the appropriate committees regarding the properties utilized by the KCTCS; amend KRS 164.600 to define "campus" and "chancellor"; create a board of advisors for the KCTCS made up of the chancellor of each college of the system and others as appointed by the president; specify the responsibilities of the chancellor of each college; amend other sections of KRS Chapter 164 to conform; repeal KRS 164.586, 164.587, 164.594, 164.602, and 164.5833; provide for staggering of initial appointments.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 164)

    became-law
  2. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage
  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage
  4. received in House

  5. passed 32-6

    passage
  6. veto overridden

    veto-override-passage
  7. posted for consideration of Governor's veto

  8. to Rules (S)

    referral-committee
  9. received in Senate

  10. passed 80-15

    passage
  11. veto overridden

    veto-override-passage
  12. posted for consideration of Governor's veto

  13. taken from Rules

  14. to Rules (H)

    referral-committee
  15. received in House

  16. Vetoed

    executive-veto
  17. delivered to Governor

  18. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage
  19. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage
  20. passed 83-0

    passage
  21. Free Conference Committee report adopted in House

  22. posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report

  23. taken from Rules

  24. to Rules (H)

    referral-committee
  25. received in House

  26. passed 37-0

    passage
  27. Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate

  28. posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report

  29. Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate

  30. Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate

  31. Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate

  32. Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate

  33. Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate

  34. Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)

  35. posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  36. taken from Rules

  37. to Rules (S)

    referral-committee
  38. received in Senate

  39. House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  40. posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  41. to Rules (H)

    referral-committee
  42. received in House

  43. passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

    passage
  44. Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn

  45. 3rd reading

    reading-3
  46. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction
  47. passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

  48. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026

  49. posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026

  50. 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill

    reading-2
  51. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage
  52. to Education (S)

    referral-committee
  53. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee
  54. received in Senate

  55. 3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1)

    passage, reading-3
  56. placed in the Orders of the Day

  57. taken from Rules

  58. reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage
  59. returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  60. 2nd reading

    reading-2
  61. taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  62. returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  63. 1st reading

    reading-1
  64. taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  65. reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  66. to Postsecondary Education (H)

    referral-committee
  67. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  68. introduced in House

    introduction

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