House
Veto Override
2026 Regular Session

HB379

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AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Amend KRS 164.001 to remove the definition of "committee," "P-16 council," and "remedial education"; amend KRS 164.013 to conform; amend KRS 164.0211 to attach the Board of Student Body Presidents to the Council on Postsecondary Education for administration and organization purposes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to codify the existing Commonwealth Education Continuum; establish governance and membership of the continuum; establish the duties of the continuum; provide that the administrative and support…

Education, Elementary and SecondaryEducation, HigherState AgenciesUniversities and Colleges

Introduced: January 14, 2026

Last action: April 14, 2026

Delivered To Secretary Of State (Acts Ch. 171)

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill makes several organizational changes to how Kentucky oversees higher education. It formally establishes the Commonwealth Education Continuum in state law, sets up its membership and duties, and connects the Board of Student Body Presidents to the Council on Postsecondary Education. It also removes several outdated definitions and repeals a number of existing statutes to streamline the state's education governance structure. Who it may affect: college and university students, higher education administrators, and state education governing bodies.

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Legislative History

Jan 14, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 14, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Jan 22, 2026 · House
To Postsecondary Education (H)
Feb 3, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1)
Feb 4, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 12, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, February 13 2026 (clerical)
Feb 13, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 92-0 With Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Received In Senate

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Shane Baker
Shane Baker

Representative · House District 085

Primary sponsor
Shane.Baker@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (1)

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James Tipton

Representative · House District 053

Co-sponsor
James.Tipton@kylegislature.gov

Roll calls

February 13, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 92
Nay: 0
Absent: 8
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March 25, 2026

Senate: 3rd reading, passed 38-0

Yea: 38
Nay: 0
April 14, 2026

House floor vote

Yea: 80
Nay: 17
Absent: 3
April 14, 2026

Senate floor vote

Yea: 32
Nay: 6

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