HB 562 KY

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Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma; specify requirements for alternate and modified high school diplomas; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Workforce Development to identify, compile, and publish a list of employers willing to employ individuals possessing an alternate high school diploma; amend KRS 158.140, 164.787, and 164.7882 to conform.

• T. Truett Republican · primary
• C. Fugate Republican · primary
• C. Aull Democratic · primary
• S. Baker Republican · primary
• R. Bivens Republican · primary
• J. Blanton Republican · primary
• T. Bojanowski Democratic · primary
• J. Branscum Republican · primary
• G. Brown Jr. Democratic · primary
• B. Chester-Burton Democratic · primary
• M. Dossett Republican · primary
• D. Fister Republican · primary
• P. Flannery Republican · primary
• A. Gentry Democratic · primary
• D. Gordon Republican · primary
• D. Grossberg Democratic · primary
• V. Grossl Republican · primary
• D. Hale Republican · primary
• T. Huff Republican · primary
• K. Jackson Republican · primary
• W. Lawrence Republican · primary
• D. Lewis Republican · primary
• S. Lewis Republican · primary
• S. McPherson Republican · primary
• K. Moser Republican · primary
• M. Pollock Republican · primary
• T. Smith Republican · primary
• B. Wesley Republican · primary

1. Feb 4, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 4, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 10, 2026 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) · lower
4. Feb 11, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · lower
5. Feb 12, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Feb 13, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026 · lower
7. Feb 17, 2026 3rd reading, passed 96-0 · lower
8. Feb 18, 2026 received in Senate · upper
9. Feb 18, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Mar 11, 2026 to Education (S) · upper
11. Mar 12, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
12. Mar 13, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
13. Mar 16, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17 2026 · lower
14. Mar 17, 2026 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day · lower
15. Mar 18, 2026 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day · lower
16. Mar 19, 2026 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
17. Mar 19, 2026 received in House · lower
18. Mar 19, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
19. Mar 27, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
20. Mar 31, 2026 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) · lower
21. Mar 31, 2026 passed 95-0 · lower
22. Mar 31, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
23. Mar 31, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
24. Mar 31, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
25. Apr 3, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15) · lower