---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Guard Youth Challenge Program."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 36 to establish the Kentucky Guard Youth Challenge Program; outline the purpose of the program; authorize the program to establish high schools to serve the program's students; align program with the federal National Guard Youth Challenge Program; establish the governance of the program; establish guidelines for the operation of the program; establish guidelines for the operation of the high schools operated by the program; authorize the adjutant general or designee to adopt policies for the operation of the program's schools; establish an advisory council for the program; require the adjutant general or designee to enter into a memorandum of agreement to provide for the operation of the program's schools; amend KRS 164.7874 to allow program school students to participate in KEES scholarship program; and amend KRS 164.7885 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "Kentucky HB 244 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Athletics", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Federal Laws and Regulations", "Military Affairs and Civil Defense", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9b2c0cf-5e73-42b3-9281-cd3b2804f822"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb244.html"
source_hash: "8a1b63994143004cb6f9efb37984dde9ce2c7d6d029022d8f620cb9d1672af2b"
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 244 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Guard Youth Challenge Program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 36 to establish the Kentucky Guard Youth Challenge Program; outline the purpose of the program; authorize the program to establish high schools to serve the program's students; align program with the federal National Guard Youth Challenge Program; establish the governance of the program; establish guidelines for the operation of the program; establish guidelines for the operation of the high schools operated by the program; authorize the adjutant general or designee to adopt policies for the operation of the program's schools; establish an advisory council for the program; require the adjutant general or designee to enter into a memorandum of agreement to provide for the operation of the program's schools; amend KRS 164.7874 to allow program school students to participate in KEES scholarship program; and amend KRS 164.7885 to conform.

## 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/23RS/hb244/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0151.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb244/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 244 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2023
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 98-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 151) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9b2c0cf-5e73-42b3-9281-cd3b2804f822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).