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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FISCAL NOTE STATEMENT
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION
2025 REGULAR SESSION
MEASURE
2025 BR NUMBER 487 HOUSE BILL NUMBER 322
TITLE AN ACT relating to tuition benefits.
SPONSOR Representative Josh Branscum
FISCAL SUMMARY
STATE FISCAL IMPACT: YES NO UNCERTAIN
OTHER FISCAL STATEMENT(S) THAT MAY APPLY: ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS
LOCAL MANDATE CORRECTIONS IMPACT HEALTH BENEFIT MANDATE
APPROPRIATION UNIT(S) IMPACTED: Public Postsecondary Institutions, Kentucky Community and
Technical Colleges
FUND(S) IMPACTED: GENERAL ROAD FEDERAL RESTRICTED Public Institution
Operating Funds
FISCAL ESTIMATES 2024-2025 2025-2026 ANNUAL IMPACT AT FULL
IMPLEMENTATION
REVENUES
EXPENDITURES Indeterminable Indeterminable
NET EFFECT (Indeterminable) (Indeterminable)
( ) indicates a decrease/negative
PURPOSE OF MEASURE: House Bill 322 amends KRS 164.2841 to expand tuition benefits
to families of emergency medical service personnel (EMS) who died in active service or from a
service-related disability. House Bill 322 also amends KRS 164.2842 to extend tuition benefits
to the spouses and children of permanently disabled EMS personnel and replaces the 36-month
tuition limit with a cap of 128 undergraduate credit hours.
FISCAL EXPLANATION : House Bill 322 will expand eligibility for tuition benefits; however,
the fiscal impact is indeterminable due to the lack of available data on eligible beneficiaries. This
measure could impact General Fund and restricted funds. Once General Fund is appropriated to
an institution or college, it is deposited into their respective restricted fund operating accounts.
DATA SOURCE(S): LRC Staff
PREPARER: Ethan Williams NOTE NUMBER: 36 REVIEW: JMR DATE: 2/12/2025