republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-191.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to postsecondary education funding and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 164.092 to define \"nontraditional age students\"; include nontraditional age students in the goal of closing achievement gaps; increase the percentage of public university funding based on student success outcomes produced from 35 to 40 percent; decrease the percentage of public university funding for student credit hours earned from 35 to 30 percent; include in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's student success outcomes weighting for credentials aligned with the economic needs of the state and recognize credentials earned by nontraditional age students; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an emergency or amended administrative regulation to implement the amended funding formula; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Kentucky SB 191 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Givens", "G. Neal", "M. Deneen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7731064-17f3-4be6-aeb1-07243de20108"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb191.html"
source_hash: "8e66046422a78531ee9487f215b3285722d7ca73dba73babe4e5d1380e67bdd7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 191 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to postsecondary education funding and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 164.092 to define "nontraditional age students"; include nontraditional age students in the goal of closing achievement gaps; increase the percentage of public university funding based on student success outcomes produced from 35 to 40 percent; decrease the percentage of public university funding for student credit hours earned from 35 to 30 percent; include in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's student success outcomes weighting for credentials aligned with the economic needs of the state and recognize credentials earned by nontraditional age students; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an emergency or amended administrative regulation to implement the amended funding formula; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb191/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0196.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb191/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 191 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 191 W/ hfa7 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Givens — primary (person)
- G. Neal — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2024
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (5), (6) and (7) filed
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-3 with Floor Amendment (7) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (7)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (7)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-3 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 196) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7731064-17f3-4be6-aeb1-07243de20108`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).