---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the dual credit scholarship program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program; define terms for the program, including \"eligible high school student\" and \"participating institution\"; designate the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program and require the agency to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of the program; define student eligibility for the program; prescribe the scholarship amount calculation and maximum scholarship amount; require the authority to provide an annual report on the program; establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to the dual credit scholarship program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program; define terms for the program, including \"eligible high school student\" and \"participating institution\"; designate the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program and require the agency to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of the program; define student eligibility for the program; prescribe the scholarship amount calculation and maximum scholarship amount; require the authority to provide an annual report on the program; establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 206"
citation: "Kentucky HB 206 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25279c18-a381-49af-9c46-a8bbffb0b592"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB206.htm"
source_hash: "bd77bc6257e22a6572f729c94f7ec8b5c809895ac91e5301999fc2236fac4ba5"
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 HB 206 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the dual credit scholarship program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program; define terms for the program, including "eligible high school student" and "participating institution"; designate the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program and require the agency to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of the program; define student eligibility for the program; prescribe the scholarship amount calculation and maximum scholarship amount; require the authority to provide an annual report on the program; establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 206 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB206/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB206/bill.pdf)
3. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB206/SCA1.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB206/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-03** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-08** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-14** Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-03-14** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-03-14** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Taken from Education (S)
- **2017-03-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Returned to Education (S)
- **2017-03-29** Reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) and Committee Substitute as a consent bill
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
- **2017-03-30** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1-title) and Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-30** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** Bill passed 88-0
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 165) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25279c18-a381-49af-9c46-a8bbffb0b592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).