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2026 Regular Session

HB619

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AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education.

Amend KRS 164.321 to increase the membership of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) board of regents to a total of 17; reduce the terms of membership on a board of regents to 4 years; reduce the number of members allowed to reside in 1 county to 1 member; specify that the nonteaching member of a board of regents shall not be an employee who supervises more than 2 employees or reports directly…

Boards and CommissionsEducation, HigherGeneral AssemblyReports Mandated

Introduced: February 11, 2026

Last action: April 14, 2026

Delivered To Secretary Of State (Acts Ch. 164)

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 changes to how the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) is governed. It expands the board of regents to 17 members, shortens board terms to four years, adds new rules about who can serve and how members can be removed, and requires a chief financial officer to be hired. It also gives the board more oversight of the KCTCS budget and requires the president to get board, state council, and…

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Legislative History

Feb 11, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 11, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 19, 2026 · House
To Postsecondary Education (H)
Feb 23, 2026 · House
Reassigned To Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)
Feb 27, 2026 · House
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)
Feb 27, 2026 · House
1st Reading (clerical)
Feb 27, 2026 · House
Returned To Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)
Mar 2, 2026 · House
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Josh Bray
Josh Bray

Representative · House District 071

Primary sponsor
Josh.Bray@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (1)

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Jason Petrie

Representative · House District 016

Co-sponsor
Jason.Petrie@kylegislature.gov

Roll calls

March 11, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 93
Nay: 1
Absent: 6
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April 1, 2026

Senate: Passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 38
Nay: 0
April 1, 2026

Senate: Passed 37-0

Yea: 37
Nay: 0
Absent: 1
April 1, 2026

House: Passed 83-0

Yea: 83
Nay: 0
Absent: 17
April 14, 2026

House floor vote

Yea: 80
Nay: 15
Absent: 5
April 14, 2026

Senate floor vote

Yea: 32
Nay: 6

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