---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to Kentucky State University, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Require the Council on Postsecondary Education to create and oversee a management improvement plan for Kentucky State University; identify plan requirements; require CPE and KSU to make various reports on the plan to LRC; appropriate $23 million to KSU in fiscal year 2021-2022; require CPE to make recommendations for repayment; require CPE to provide annual reports on the status of the KSU loan; create the KSU loan repayment trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "Kentucky HB 250 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "D. Fister", "D. Graham", "G. Brown Jr.", "J. Tipton", "P. Pratt", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faffff5d-0ff5-4872-93a6-5298c877f03a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb250.html"
source_hash: "f099981f0d11efb852a9bf915d7d2994a35e79b87c0a35d67e50caa8d142d930"
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 250 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to Kentucky State University, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Require the Council on Postsecondary Education to create and oversee a management improvement plan for Kentucky State University; identify plan requirements; require CPE and KSU to make various reports on the plan to LRC; appropriate $23 million to KSU in fiscal year 2021-2022; require CPE to make recommendations for repayment; require CPE to provide annual reports on the status of the KSU loan; create the KSU loan repayment trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb250/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 183** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0183.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb250/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 250 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 82-7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 75-15 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 183) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faffff5d-0ff5-4872-93a6-5298c877f03a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).