---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to locally operated area technology centers and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to locally operated area technology centers and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 444"
citation: "Kentucky HB 444 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Vocational", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Koenig", "C. Massey", "D. St. Onge", "J. Higdon", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c8311e-d98a-433e-884b-35bd1119c30c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb444.html"
source_hash: "cfeb8fe71a66a890d6e12ca0c6b4534016b8641822f99dfe8cc1f52c58ecf074"
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 444 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to locally operated area technology centers 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/hb444/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Koenig — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. St. Onge — primary (person)
- J. Higdon — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **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 as a Consent Bill
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 133) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5c8311e-d98a-433e-884b-35bd1119c30c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).