republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-277.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to teachers.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish a student loan forgiveness program for teachers obtaining certification through an expedited certification process with a residency component; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; create the Option 9 scholarship fund; amend KRS 161.048 to create an Option 9 expedited alternative certification pathway through the use of a residency program; establish requirements for residency program; establish eligibility for district participation; APPROPRIATION.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 277	Kentucky HB 277 (2022RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Appropriations Education Elementary and Secondary Education Finance Education Higher Teachers	enacted	C. Fugate C. Massey K. Banta K. Timoney M. Imes R. Heath R. Huff T. Smith T. Truett W. Thomas	3	27	2	2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e5943099-4fa0-46b0-ae35-9d97f277d902	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb277.html	e75cdf6ab86574dd1920f1b45011f60a280ee0ea4140d3eac7c3dc78883a7d99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 277 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to teachers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish a student loan forgiveness program for teachers obtaining certification through an expedited certification process with a residency component; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; create the Option 9 scholarship fund; amend KRS 161.048 to create an Option 9 expedited alternative certification pathway through the use of a residency program; establish requirements for residency program; establish eligibility for district participation; APPROPRIATION.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 161 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 277 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• K. Banta — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• M. Imes — primary (person)
• R. Heath — primary (person)
• R. Huff — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• T. Truett — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2022
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 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. 161) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5943099-4fa0-46b0-ae35-9d97f277d902. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).