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Bill	AN ACT implementing the federal education opportunity program in Kentucky.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to elect for the Commonwealth to participate in the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit; designate the Secretary of State as the sole official authorized to report the state's election and submit the required list to the United States Secretary of the Treasury; require the Secretary of State to publish associated administrative regulations and other guidance on a website; authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the program; authorize the Secretary of State to collect a fee and accept private contributions to pay for necessary costs and establish requirements for the administration of the funds; waive Eleventh Amendment immunity for the section; amend KRS 141.019 to exclude qualified contributions made to scholarship granting organizations from allowed individual income tax dedications.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 1	Kentucky HB 1 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Charitable And Nonprofit Organizations Constitution U.S. Education Elementary And Secondary Education Finance Federal Laws And Regulations Secretary Of State Taxation Taxation Income--Individual	enacted	B. Wesley C. Lewis C. Massaroni D. Osborne F. Rabourn J. Bauman J. Calloway J. Decker J. Hodgson J. Nemes J. Tipton K. Fleming K. Moser M. Lockett M. Proctor N. Tate R. Dotson S. Doan T. Roberts	3	45	6	2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00	2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7667cd29-47f4-4997-bfb0-021e8ca8bcae	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb1.html	c556421a535b3e845cad461f9e77bbf99e0712bca7a8a232f1e8c3a13471b82f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 1 (2026RS) — AN ACT implementing the federal education opportunity program in Kentucky.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to elect for the Commonwealth to participate in the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit; designate the Secretary of State as the sole official authorized to report the state's election and submit the required list to the United States Secretary of the Treasury; require the Secretary of State to publish associated administrative regulations and other guidance on a website; authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the program; authorize the Secretary of State to collect a fee and accept private contributions to pay for necessary costs and establish requirements for the administration of the funds; waive Eleventh Amendment immunity for the section; amend KRS 141.019 to exclude qualified contributions made to scholarship granting organizations from allowed individual income tax dedications.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 4 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 1 — 33–5 (pass) · lower
• Veto Override — 77–14 (pass) · lower
• Table — 19–44 (fail) · lower
• Pass — 79–17 (pass) · lower
• Suspend the Rules — 19–30 (fail) · lower
• OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 1 — 31–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• C. Lewis — primary (person)
• C. Massaroni — primary (person)
• D. Osborne — primary (person)
• F. Rabourn — primary (person)
• J. Bauman — primary (person)
• J. Calloway — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. Hodgson — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. Fleming — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• M. Lockett — primary (person)
• M. Proctor — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• R. Dotson — primary (person)
• S. Doan — primary (person)
• T. Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3), (4), (5), and (6) filed to Committee Substitute
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 79-17 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 27 2026
• 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 33-5 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 77-14-1 passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 passed 31-5 passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 4) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7667cd29-47f4-4997-bfb0-021e8ca8bcae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).