republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-562.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas.	Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma; specify requirements for alternate and modified high school diplomas; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Workforce Development to identify, compile, and publish a list of employers willing to employ individuals possessing an alternate high school diploma; amend KRS 158.140, 164.787, and 164.7882 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 562	Kentucky HB 562 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Education Elementary And Secondary Education Vocational Mental Disability State Agencies Workforce	enacted	A. Gentry B. Chester-Burton B. Wesley C. Aull C. Fugate D. Fister D. Gordon D. Grossberg D. Hale D. Lewis G. Brown Jr. J. Blanton J. Branscum K. Jackson K. Moser M. Dossett M. Pollock P. Flannery R. Bivens S. Baker S. Lewis S. McPherson T. Bojanowski T. Huff T. Smith T. Truett V. Grossl W. Lawrence	3	25	3	2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bb26e533-1a6f-4627-a253-40791816c411	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb562.html	124ec8884ab547ce153e23d2bba5915df92c91e329610f021bb6419fb53df499	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 562 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas.

Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma; specify requirements for alternate and modified high school diplomas; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Workforce Development to identify, compile, and publish a list of employers willing to employ individuals possessing an alternate high school diploma; amend KRS 158.140, 164.787, and 164.7882 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 15 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 562 w/ SCS 1 — 36–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Gentry — primary (person)
• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• C. Aull — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• D. Fister — primary (person)
• D. Gordon — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• D. Lewis — primary (person)
• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• J. Branscum — primary (person)
• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)
• M. Pollock — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• R. Bivens — primary (person)
• S. Baker — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
• T. Huff — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• T. Truett — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)
• W. Lawrence — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 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 96-0 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
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17 2026
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 95-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb26e533-1a6f-4627-a253-40791816c411. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).