republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-826.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to education.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require no less than 85% of general fund appropriations to the Office of Adult Education to be used for programs fulfilling the adult education mission and goals of the office; amend KRS 151B.403 to require a qualifying test to obtain a High School Equivalency Diploma to offer a written or paper test administration.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 826	Kentucky HB 826 (2026RS)	bill	Education Elementary And Secondary Education Vocational State Agencies Workforce	enacted	B. Chester-Burton J. Tipton S. Stalker	3	30	3	2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6d520b1f-2e09-44cd-8ab8-677bf3ef01a9	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb826.html	2c1ba5a12e3a081f78bc74f21e98c3b10a0da36904d0eae88aa2a160862d4570	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 826 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to education.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require no less than 85% of general fund appropriations to the Office of Adult Education to be used for programs fulfilling the adult education mission and goals of the office; amend KRS 151B.403 to require a qualifying test to obtain a High School Equivalency Diploma to offer a written or paper test administration.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 197 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 826 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 89–4 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• S. Stalker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 to Postsecondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Postsecondary Education (H)
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Postsecondary Education (H)
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 15 2026
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 89-4 passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 197) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d520b1f-2e09-44cd-8ab8-677bf3ef01a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).