HB 44 KY

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the robotics competition fund; establish the Robotics Funding Selection Committee to award grants from the fund to eligible robotics teams competition sponsors; establish committee membership, duties, and set terms; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for grant applications and distribution of awards by April 1, 2027; set requirements for grant applications; require annual report by August 1 to Legislative Research Commission; provide for initial staggering of appointments; require the committee to hold its first meeting by October 15, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Advanced Manufacturing Through Robotics Education Act.

• C. Lewis Republican · primary
• E. Callaway Republican · primary
• B. Chester-Burton Democratic · primary
• S. Doan Republican · primary
• R. Duvall Republican · primary
• K. Fleming Republican · primary
• P. Griffee Republican · primary
• D. Grossberg Democratic · primary
• J. Hodgson Republican · primary
• T. Huff Republican · primary
• N. Kulkarni Democratic · primary
• J. Nemes Republican · primary
• J. Tipton Republican · primary

1. Jan 7, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 7, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Jan 14, 2026 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) · lower
4. Feb 4, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Feb 10, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 11 2026 · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 3rd reading, passed 91-0 · lower
8. Feb 12, 2026 received in Senate · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper