---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Kentucky SB 98 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Education", "Vocational", "Reorganization", "State Agencies", "Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Appropriations", "Reports Mandated"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Blanton", "J. Blanton", "J. Carney", "J. Turner", "L. Willner", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "R. Girdler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/078a30a5-5ae6-4f09-a0c9-3f0cd7d5be81"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb98.html"
source_hash: "957dbe283895e0273c881b46b9d0653e26445530e0669e9579d193f0870dccb4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 98 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb98/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Carney — primary (person)
- J. Turner — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (H)
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (H)
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 102) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/078a30a5-5ae6-4f09-a0c9-3f0cd7d5be81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).