republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-96.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 164.092 to change the membership of the postsecondary education working group of the Council on Postsecondary Education; require the working group to convene on a calendar year basis rather than a fiscal year basis; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "Kentucky HB 96 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Universities And Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Grossberg", "J. Tipton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/551eb2a8-9ede-433b-9cfd-bf5d015ff8da"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb96.html"
source_hash: "b38f6c98b22d31405f7a166b12cb8ce9fbc34abcc9da4cce6d085dd9b3b11b6e"
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 96 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 164.092 to change the membership of the postsecondary education working group of the Council on Postsecondary Education; require the working group to convene on a calendar year basis rather than a fiscal year basis; 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/26RS/hb96/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 176** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0176.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb96/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **79–14** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **79–16** (pass) · lower
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 96 — **32–6** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 96 w/ SCS 1, SFA 1 — **36–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Postsecondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 22, 2026
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 79-16 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-14 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 80-19 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 176) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/551eb2a8-9ede-433b-9cfd-bf5d015ff8da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).