republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-266.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to healthcare credentials eligible for the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.	Amend KRS 164.0401 to add a speech-language pathology or audiology license to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential" for the purpose of the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 266	Kentucky HB 266 (2026RS)	bill	Education Higher Health And Medical Services Health Care Professionals Licensing Occupations And Professions	enacted	B. McCool K. King L. Willner P. Griffee S. Doan V. Grossl W. Thomas	3	20	2	2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/abcb6c9f-c830-49a6-9d56-52a4673ba2ae	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb266.html	970abbd4291e4a86c9b770b8ee0ace121808d6f7e6666a72c6d5d994070ac703	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 266 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to healthcare credentials eligible for the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.

Amend KRS 164.0401 to add a speech-language pathology or audiology license to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential" for the purpose of the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 29 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 266 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. McCool — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• L. Willner — primary (person)
• P. Griffee — primary (person)
• S. Doan — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Postsecondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abcb6c9f-c830-49a6-9d56-52a4673ba2ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).