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HB498Introduced in the House

AN ACT establishing the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program.

IntroducedHouse Appropriations and Revenue

Introduced by Robert Duvall, District 17

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program; define terms; establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program fund; establish eligibility criteria for the program; direct the Education and Labor Cabinet to administer the program; provide payments to program providers for students who complete specified milestones; require program result reporting to the Kentucky Board of Education, the Secretary of State, and the Legislative Research Commission; specify a program end date of July 1, 2029.

Where it stands

recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

April 15, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. introduced in House

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  4. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

  5. 2nd reading, to Rules

  6. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

  7. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026

  8. floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

  9. taken from the Orders of the Day

  10. returned to Rules

  11. recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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