KY HB 49
enactedAN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KY HB 49 pass?
Yes. KY HB 49 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-03): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)
What is KY HB 49 about?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 322 to establish and grant scholarships through the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund; declare legislative intent to address engineer and land surveyor development and needs by providing Kentucky residents with postsecondary scholarships; establish the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund as a trust and agency accounts direct the engineer and land surveyor board to administer the fund and award scholarships to qualified applicants; require a written contract between the board and the recipient where the recipient agrees to obtain engineer or land surveyor licensure within 6 years of graduation and practice in Kentucky for at least 1 year for each year of scholarships granted; acquire moneys for the fund through penalties and fines, assessments from license renewals, and the board's budgeted funds; make the applicant's failure to complete the terms of the contract subject to recovery of the fund assistance, attorney's fees, and 8% annual interest; require the board to annually report its scholarship data to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.
Who sponsors KY HB 49?
W. Thomas, M. Lockett, C. Lewis and 6 others are the primary sponsors of KY HB 49.
Description
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 322 to establish and grant scholarships through the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund; declare legislative intent to address engineer and land surveyor development and needs by providing Kentucky residents with postsecondary scholarships; establish the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund as a trust and agency accounts direct the engineer and land surveyor board to administer the fund and award scholarships to qualified applicants; require a written contract between the board and the recipient where the recipient agrees to obtain engineer or land surveyor licensure within 6 years of graduation and practice in Kentucky for at least 1 year for each year of scholarships granted; acquire moneys for the fund through penalties and fines, assessments from license renewals, and the board's budgeted funds; make the applicant's failure to complete the terms of the contract subject to recovery of the fund assistance, attorney's fees, and 8% annual interest; require the board to annually report its scholarship data to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-07
- Latest action
- 2026-04-03 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- W. Thomasprimary
- M. Lockettprimary
- C. Lewisprimary
- M. Kochprimary
- T. Huffprimary
- J. Hodgsonprimary
- R. Duvallprimary
- G. Brown Jr.primary
- E. Callawayprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-03
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)
executive-signature
2026-03-26
delivered to Governor
2026-03-26
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-03-26
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-03-26
received in House
2026-03-25
3rd reading, passed 38-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-24
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
passage
2026-03-20
posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
2026-03-18
2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2
2026-03-17
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-13
to Licensing & Occupations (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-11
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-11
received in Senate
2026-02-10
3rd reading, passed 97-0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-09
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10 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 Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-07
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-07
introduced in House
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Pass
2026-02-10 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- McCool: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Imes: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moore: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Fister: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Flannery: yes
- King: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bray: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hale: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Holloway: not voting
- Nemes: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 49
2026-03-25 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes
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