KY SB 249
enactedAN ACT relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 249 pass?
Yes. KY SB 249 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132)
What is KY SB 249 about?
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.
Who sponsors KY SB 249?
P. Wheeler is the primary sponsor of KY SB 249.
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.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-25
- Latest action
- 2026-04-13 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- P. Wheelerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-13
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132)
executive-signature
2026-04-01
delivered to Governor
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-04-01
3rd reading, passed 93-0
passage,reading-3
2026-04-01
floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-04-01
placed in the Orders of the Day
2026-04-01
taken from Rules
2026-03-27
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-26
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-24
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-17
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-17
received in House
2026-03-16
3rd reading, passed 35-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-13
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
2026-03-13
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-12
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-11
to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-25
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-25
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 249
2026-03-16 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Givens: yes
- Neal: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Reed: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes
- Storm: yes
- Carpenter: not voting
- Girdler: not voting
- Smith: not voting
Pass
2026-04-01 · pass · 93-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hart: yes
- Meade: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Doan: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Miles: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Moore: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Imes: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- King: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Koch: yes
- Payne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Rabourn: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hale: yes
- McCool: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hampton: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Chester-Burton: not voting
- Hancock: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Lockett: not voting
- Tate: not voting
- Elliott: not voting
- Jackson: not voting
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