All Roll Calls
Yes: 135 • No: 0
KentuckyHB 492026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.
Sponsored By: Emily Callaway (Republican)
Signed by Governor
ContractsEducation, HigherEngineers And SurveyorsLegislative Research CommissionLicensingOccupations And Professions
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Scholarship licensing and work requirements
If you take this scholarship, you sign a contract. You must earn a Kentucky engineer or land surveyor license within six years of graduation. You must work in Kentucky one year for each academic year you got the scholarship. If you do not meet these terms, the board can cancel the contract and demand full repayment. You also owe attorney’s fees and compound interest at 8% a year from the date the money was paid.
Scholarships for Kentucky engineers and surveyors
The state runs a scholarship fund for Kentucky residents studying engineering or land surveying. The board takes applications, picks recipients and award amounts, and pays under a written contract. Money in the fund rolls over each year. Funding comes from fines the board collects and any money the board adds from its budget. The board may keep reasonable costs to run the program, and its choices are final.
Engineer and surveyor renewals add $5
Licensed engineers and land surveyors pay an extra $5 each time they renew a license. The board sends that $5 to the scholarship fund. Your total added cost equals $5 times how many renewals you file.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Emily Callaway
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Chris Lewis
Republican • House
Jim Gooch Jr.
Republican • House
John Hodgson
Republican • House
Matthew Koch
Republican • House
Matt Lockett
Republican • House
Robert Duvall
Republican • House
Thomas Huff
Republican • House
Walker Thomas
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/25/2026
3rd reading, passed
Yes: 38 • No: 0
House vote • 2/10/2026
3rd reading, passed
Yes: 97 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)
4/3/2026delivered to Governor
3/26/2026enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
3/26/2026enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
3/26/2026received in House
3/26/2026House3rd reading, passed 38-0
3/25/2026passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
3/24/2026posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
3/20/20262nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
3/18/2026reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
3/17/2026to Licensing & Occupations (S)
3/13/2026Senateto Committee on Committees (S)
2/11/2026Senatereceived in Senate
2/11/2026Senate3rd reading, passed 97-0
2/10/2026posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10 2026
2/9/20262nd reading, to Rules
2/5/2026reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2/4/2026to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
1/14/2026Houseto Committee on Committees (H)
1/7/2026Houseintroduced in House
1/7/2026House
Bill Text
Current
2/10/2026
Introduced
2/10/2026
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