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HB 266 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to healthcare credentials eligible for the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.

Summary
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.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAdds speech-language pathology/audiology licenses to fund-eligible credentials, expanding workforce investment in healthcare professionals per bill's purpose.92% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 8, 2026 Signed Apr 3, 2026
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Introduced → Current/Final · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text has been updated to reflect its new designation as HB 266/GA, replacing the previous BR 1453 identifier. This change indicates a procedural update where the bill was likely transferred from the Business and Regulation committee to the General Assembly or renumbered for the current legislative session. No substantive policy, eligibility, funding, or enforcement changes were made to the actual content of the legislation.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the bill number and committee designation were updated.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from BR 1453 to HB 266/GA, and the footer timestamp was updated from 4:44 PM to 4:45 PM.

Floor votes · House Feb 9, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Apr 3, 2026
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29)
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 38-0
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
lower
Mar 16, 2026
Committee
to Health Services (S)
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 95-0
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
to Postsecondary Education (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.