---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to postsecondary education."
description: "Amend KRS 164.001 to remove the definition of \"committee,\" \"P-16 council,\" and \"remedial education\"; amend KRS 164.013 to conform; amend KRS 164.0211 to attach the Board of Student Body Presidents to the Council on Postsecondary Education for administration and organization purposes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to codify the existing Commonwealth Education Continuum; establish governance and membership of the continuum; establish the duties of the continuum; provide that the administrative and support staff of the continuum shall be provided by the council; direct the continuum to submit an annual report and establish the contents of the report; amend KRS 164.330 to remove requirement for board of regents meetings to be held within 30 days of an appointment; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 164.003, 164.004, 164.0285, 164.0286, 164.0287, 164.0268, and 164.033."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Kentucky HB 379 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary And Secondary", "Education", "Higher", "State Agencies", "Universities And Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Tipton", "S. Baker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67d97f39-cd87-44ad-a5a7-c6e4e0aa6e4b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb379.html"
source_hash: "d8a21cd63a90731d0201f052dec4d2b9bd0e7966c420dc37a9ebd3825a803766"
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 379 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Amend KRS 164.001 to remove the definition of "committee," "P-16 council," and "remedial education"; amend KRS 164.013 to conform; amend KRS 164.0211 to attach the Board of Student Body Presidents to the Council on Postsecondary Education for administration and organization purposes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to codify the existing Commonwealth Education Continuum; establish governance and membership of the continuum; establish the duties of the continuum; provide that the administrative and support staff of the continuum shall be provided by the council; direct the continuum to submit an annual report and establish the contents of the report; amend KRS 164.330 to remove requirement for board of regents meetings to be held within 30 days of an appointment; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 164.003, 164.004, 164.0285, 164.0286, 164.0287, 164.0268, and 164.033.

## 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/26RS/hb379/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0171.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb379/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 379 — **32–6** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 379 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **80–17** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- S. Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Postsecondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 80-17 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 171) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67d97f39-cd87-44ad-a5a7-c6e4e0aa6e4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).