Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 4 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 185 — AN ACT relating to paramedic education and making an appropriation therefor.

Last action — to Committee on Committees (H)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish a coal-county paramedic scholarship to be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA); define terms; establish a fund in the State Treasury to be administered by KHEAA for providing coal county paramedic scholarships; APPROPRIATION.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill establishes the Coal County Paramedic Scholarship Program, providing scholarships for paramedic training to residents of coal-producing counties under specific conditions.

  • KRS 164.740

    A NEW SECTION OF KRS 164.740 TO 164.7891 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: ...

    Creates a new section within KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 for the Coal County Paramedic Scholarship Program.

  • KRS 164.740

    (3) The authority may award scholarships, to the extent funds are available for that purpose, to any person who: ...

    Defines the eligibility criteria and process for awarding scholarships under the new program.

  • KRS 164.753

    Notwithstanding KRS 164.753(3) → Notwithstanding KRS 164.753(3), the amount of the scholarship awarded ...

    Overrides existing scholarship regulations to specify a maximum award amount for paramedic scholarships.

  • KRS 164.753

    Notwithstanding KRS 164.753(3) → Notwithstanding KRS 164.753(3), the authority shall establish by administrative regulation procedures for the administration of this program, ...

    Allows the authority to create new administrative regulations specifically for the paramedic scholarship program.

  • KRS 143.020

    Beginning July 1, 2025, receipts from the coal severance tax levied under KRS 143.020 shall be transferred to the fund ...

    Establishes funding sources for the scholarship program from coal severance tax revenue.

Action History

  1. to Committee on Committees (H)

  2. introduced in House

Sponsors

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6 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

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Not signed on (132)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 185 do?
Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish a coal-county paramedic scholarship to be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA); define terms; establish a fund in the State Treasury to be administered by KHEAA for providing coal county paramedic scholarships; APPROPRIATION.
Who sponsors HB 185?
HB 185 is sponsored by Ashley Tackett Laferty (Democrat), George Brown Jr. (Democrat), Beverly Chester-Burton (Democrat), Mark Hart (Republican), Pamela Stevenson (Democrat), and T.J. Roberts (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 185?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 185?
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