republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-54.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to building trade professions.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow on-the-job training equivalencies of internship and cooperative placement hours to count toward those hours needed to obtain licensure; require that the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction recognize and honor the agreements toward licensure in the professions regulated by the department, including electricians, plumbers, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 54	Kentucky HB 54 (2025RS)	bill	Education Vocational Electricians Housing Building and Construction Licensing Occupations and Professions Plumbers and Plumbing	enacted		3	21	2	2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6bf726f0-a8f7-4380-9c42-d420b2a62d91	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb54.html	7b2d3b743e23b33f9d3f715ac16e028ea622ed12bcd880c48ac33f3907365d01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 54 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to building trade professions.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow on-the-job training equivalencies of internship and cooperative placement hours to count toward those hours needed to obtain licensure; require that the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction recognize and honor the agreements toward licensure in the professions regulated by the department, including electricians, plumbers, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 34 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 54 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 88–4 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
• 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Floor Amendments (1) and (2) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.34) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bf726f0-a8f7-4380-9c42-d420b2a62d91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).