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SB 249 Kentucky Senate · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency.

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 25, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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The bill text has been updated to reflect the official bill number SB 249 and the General Assembly (GA) instead of the previous reference number BR 2055. These changes are administrative and do not alter the bill's content, purpose, or legal effect.
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The header and footer metadata were updated to replace the original bill number (BR 2055) with the current number (SB 249) and the legislative body (GA), indicating the bill has progressed from introduction to its current version.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 16, 2026

How they voted

40–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 44
Mar 16, 2026
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican38
34 Yea 4
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132)
upper
Apr 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Apr 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 93-0
upper
Apr 1, 2026
Introduced
floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Committee
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
lower
Mar 17, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 35-0
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Committee
to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.