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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 497

AN ACT relating to postsecondary tuition waivers.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Aged Persons And Aging, Disabilities, Education, Finance, Education, Higher, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Police, City And County, Police, State, Teachers, Universities And Colleges, Veterans
Introduced / first action
2026-01-28 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 164.515 to make the amount of tuition waived for the spouse or child of designated permanently disabled veterans a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to make the amount tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2842 to make the amount of tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter permanently and totally disabled in line of duty a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.507 to make the amount of tuition waived for the non-married spouse or child of a deceased veteran a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.020 to delete the tuition waiver for employees and faculty of state and locally operated secondary area technology center staff.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  2. received in Senate

  3. 3rd reading, passed 56-36 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)

    passage, reading-3

  4. floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  5. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 19 2026

  6. floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  8. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  9. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  10. to Postsecondary Education (H)

    referral-committee

  11. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  12. introduced in House

    introduction

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