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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to healthcare credentials eligible for the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "Kentucky HB 266 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher", "Health And Medical Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Licensing", "Occupations And Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. McCool", "K. King", "L. Willner", "P. Griffee", "S. Doan", "V. Grossl", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abcb6c9f-c830-49a6-9d56-52a4673ba2ae"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb266.html"
source_hash: "970abbd4291e4a86c9b770b8ee0ace121808d6f7e6666a72c6d5d994070ac703"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb266/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0029.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb266/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 266 — **380** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **950** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abcb6c9f-c830-49a6-9d56-52a4673ba2ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).