Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB96: AN ACT relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency.
Status: Chaptered, April 14, 2026
Amend KRS 164.092 to change the membership of the postsecondary education working group of the Council on Postsecondary Education; require the working group to convene on a calendar year basis rather than a fiscal year basis; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 164.092 is amended to read as follows: (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Category I and Category II square feet" means square footage that falls under space categories as defined by the Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual published by the United States Department of Education; (b) "Comprehensive university" has the same meaning as in KRS 164.001; (c) "Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education; (d) "Equilibrium" means a condition in which every institution has an appropriately proportionate level of resources as determined by the performance funding model established in this section given each institution's level of productivity in achieving student success outcomes, course completion outcomes, and other components included in the model; (e) "Formula base amount" means an institution's enacted general fund appropriation amount minus debt service on bonds and appropriations for mandated programs; (f) "Hold-harmless provision" means a provision included in the funding formulas as described in subsection (9) of this section that prevents a reduction of a designated portion of funding for an institution through operation of the funding formula; (g) "Institution" means a college in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System or a public university; …
Sponsors
- James Tipton (R, HD-053) · primary sponsor
- Daniel Grossberg (D, HD-030)
Latest actions
- : delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 176)
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : passed 32-6
- : posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- : to Rules (S)
- : received in Senate
- : passed 80-19
- : veto overridden
- : posted for consideration of Governor's veto
Votes
- Senate: OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 96 RSN# 4164 (April 14, 2026): 32 yea, 6 nay, passed
- House: Veto Override RCS# 458 (April 14, 2026): 80 yea, 19 nay, passed
- House: Final Passage RCS# 363 (March 31, 2026): 79 yea, 14 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS HB 96 w/ SCS 1, SFA 1 (SCS 1) RSN# 3957 (March 19, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 20 (January 22, 2026): 79 yea, 16 nay, passed
Subjects: Education, Higher, Effective Dates, Emergency, Universities And Colleges
Common questions
- What is HB96?
- HB96 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB96 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB96?
- Chaptered as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 176) (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB96?
- James Tipton (R, HD-053), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB96?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb96.html
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