KY HB 44
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to robotics.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KY HB 44 pass?
No. KY HB 44 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-12): to Committee on Committees (S)
What is KY HB 44 about?
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the robotics competition fund; establish the Robotics Funding Selection Committee to award grants from the fund to eligible robotics teams competition sponsors; establish committee membership, duties, and set terms; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for grant applications and distribution of awards by April 1, 2027; set requirements for grant applications; require annual report by August 1 to Legislative Research Commission; provide for initial staggering of appointments; require the committee to hold its first meeting by October 15, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Advanced Manufacturing Through Robotics Education Act.
Who sponsors KY HB 44?
J. Tipton, J. Nemes, N. Kulkarni and 10 others are the primary sponsors of KY HB 44.
Description
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the robotics competition fund; establish the Robotics Funding Selection Committee to award grants from the fund to eligible robotics teams competition sponsors; establish committee membership, duties, and set terms; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for grant applications and distribution of awards by April 1, 2027; set requirements for grant applications; require annual report by August 1 to Legislative Research Commission; provide for initial staggering of appointments; require the committee to hold its first meeting by October 15, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Advanced Manufacturing Through Robotics Education Act.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-07
- Latest action
- 2026-02-12 — to Committee on Committees (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- J. Tiptonprimary
- J. Nemesprimary
- N. Kulkarniprimary
- T. Huffprimary
- J. Hodgsonprimary
- D. Grossbergprimary
- P. Griffeeprimary
- K. Flemingprimary
- R. Duvallprimary
- S. Doanprimary
- B. Chester-Burtonprimary
- E. Callawayprimary
- C. Lewisprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-12
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-12
received in Senate
2026-02-11
3rd reading, passed 91-0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-10
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 11 2026
2026-02-05
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-04
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-01-14
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-07
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-07
introduced in House
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Pass
2026-02-11 · pass · 91-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meade: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Miles: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Freeland: yes
- King: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Koch: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bray: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Decker: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McCool: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Brown: not voting
- Donworth: not voting
- Flannery: not voting
- Lewis D: not voting
- Thompson: not voting
- Burke: not voting
- Dotson: not voting
- Hart: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
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