---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships."
description: "AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Kentucky HB 61 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Education", "Vocational", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "C. Massey", "D. Elliott", "D. Frazier", "D. Osborne", "J. Tipton", "K. Moser", "K. Moser", "K. Moser", "M. Prunty", "P. Pratt", "R. Huff", "R. Palumbo", "S. Sheldon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ee17e4e-08b5-4088-8098-d11e5b7b624e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb61.html"
source_hash: "cccf61d81bc80c122bc76abf4c4edc328a68fd72cccb7758b92f39224e976a2a"
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 61 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships.

## 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/hb61/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Frazier — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 27, 2019
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **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. 186) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ee17e4e-08b5-4088-8098-d11e5b7b624e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).