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| Bill | AN ACT relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency. | Create a new section of KRS 151B to grant the governor, in consultation with the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board, the authority to approve all eligible workforce training programs for federal Workforce Pell Grants and coordinate approval of eligible workforce training programs to avoid duplicative payments; require the board to establish an internal procedure to determine that a program meets applicable federal requirements and ensure that the implementation of this procedure does not impose requirements more restrictive than or inconsistent with any applicable federal rules governing the Workforce Pell Grants; EMERGENCY. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | SB 249 | Kentucky SB 249 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky SB 249 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS 151B to grant the governor, in consultation with the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board, the authority to approve all eligible workforce training programs for federal Workforce Pell Grants and coordinate approval of eligible workforce training programs to avoid duplicative payments; require the board to establish an internal procedure to determine that a program meets applicable federal requirements and ensure that the implementation of this procedure does not impose requirements more restrictive than or inconsistent with any applicable federal rules governing the Workforce Pell Grants; EMERGENCY.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 132 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASS SB 249 — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Pass — 93–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate
introduction - 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
- 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
- 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
amendment-introduction - 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0
passage, reading-3 - 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 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c53ec6d2-1e46-4f81-a25f-485627d06ea0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).