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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency."
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description: "Create a new section of KRS 151B to grant the governor, in consultation with the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board, the authority to approve all eligible workforce training programs for federal Workforce Pell Grants and coordinate approval of eligible workforce training programs to avoid duplicative payments; require the board to establish an internal procedure to determine that a program meets applicable federal requirements and ensure that the implementation of this procedure does not impose requirements more restrictive than or inconsistent with any applicable federal rules governing the Workforce Pell Grants; EMERGENCY."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2026RS"
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identifier: "SB 249"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 249 (2026RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "And Committees", "Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Federal Laws And Regulations", "Governor", "Workforce"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["P. Wheeler"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c53ec6d2-1e46-4f81-a25f-485627d06ea0"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb249.html"
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source_hash: "c5868bb47ddfa0f98b77d67f9232a504eada69bbda9f16a35ddb4ea0b2376e8c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky SB 249 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency.
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Create a new section of KRS 151B to grant the governor, in consultation with the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board, the authority to approve all eligible workforce training programs for federal Workforce Pell Grants and coordinate approval of eligible workforce training programs to avoid duplicative payments; require the board to establish an internal procedure to determine that a program meets applicable federal requirements and ensure that the implementation of this procedure does not impose requirements more restrictive than or inconsistent with any applicable federal rules governing the Workforce Pell Grants; EMERGENCY.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb249/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0132.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb249/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASS SB 249 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
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- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c53ec6d2-1e46-4f81-a25f-485627d06ea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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