Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB49: AN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.
Status: Signed into law, April 3, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 322 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: It is the intent of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to: (1) Ensure the availability of professional engineers and professional land surveyors in the Commonwealth; and (2) Address professional engineer and professional land surveyor workforce development and needs throughout the Commonwealth by providing eligible Kentucky residents with scholarships to: (a) Attend a qualifying program at a postsecondary institution in the Commonwealth; and (b) Become licensed as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor in the Commonwealth. SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 322 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency account to be known as the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received as described in Section 4 of this Act. (2) The fund shall be administered by the board. (3) Amounts deposited in the fund shall be used for the scholarships established in Section 3 of this Act. (4) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of the fiscal year shall not …
Sponsors
- Emily Callaway (R, HD-037) · primary sponsor
- George Brown (D, HD-077)
- Robert Duvall (R, HD-017)
- John Hodgson (R, HD-036)
- Thomas Huff (R, HD-049)
- Matthew Koch (R, HD-072)
- Chris Lewis (R, HD-029)
- Matt Lockett (R, HD-039)
- Walker Thomas (R, HD-008)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 38-0
- : passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
- : posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Votes
- Senate: Floor Vote RSN# 3989 (March 25, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 75 (February 10, 2026): 97 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Education, Higher, Occupations And Professions, Engineers And Surveyors, Legislative Research Commission, Licensing, Contracts
Common questions
- What is HB49?
- HB49 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.
- What does HB49 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.
- What is the status of HB49?
- Signed into law as of April 3, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22) (April 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB49?
- Emily Callaway (R, HD-037), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB49?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb49.html
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