republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-490.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 164.360, 164.230, and 164.830 to allow for the removal of faculty members at public postsecondary education institutions for bona fide financial reasons; require the boards of regents and trustees of the institutions to establish the process for removal based on financial reasons with specified parameters; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 490	Kentucky HB 490 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Education Higher Effective Dates Emergency Universities And Colleges	enacted	A. Thompson J. Tipton	3	46	5	2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/832fbbf2-f2b7-468d-9034-5e43dd213a57	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb490.html	883fa65eb98a7ee8a0f2592ad1d5186c43a10470ac3be491884c661e39a8b713	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 490 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 164.360, 164.230, and 164.830 to allow for the removal of faculty members at public postsecondary education institutions for bona fide financial reasons; require the boards of regents and trustees of the institutions to establish the process for removal based on financial reasons with specified parameters; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 169 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — 75–18 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 72–21 (pass) · lower
• OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 490 — 32–6 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 490 w/ SCS 1 — 30–7 (pass) · lower
• Veto Override — 80–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Thompson — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Postsecondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 72-21 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 30-7 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 75-18 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+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 80-19 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. 169) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/832fbbf2-f2b7-468d-9034-5e43dd213a57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).