Republican state lawmaker has filed legislation he says would help workers save money for college.

House Bill 189 would give tax credits to employers who contribute to an employee's Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust or stable Kentucky account.

The former refers to the state's official 529 college savings program.

The latter is for Kentuckians with disabilities.

State Representative Robert Duvall of Bowling Green says the measure comes after a conversation with the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority.

He says it would cost Kentucky about $500,000 a year.

Calling it a short term cost for long term gain.

This is good for everyone.

It's good for the employee because they get an opportunity to save for college expenses.

It's good for the employer because it gives them the opportunity to to be more competitive.

It gives them an opportunity to attract and retain employees as a benefit and then it's actually great for the state because once again, that return on investment is going to be huge in the long run because you're going to have a workforce that's better educated and earning higher wages.

Duvall has also filed House Bill 190, which would require school districts to offer advanced coursework for high achieving students.

Deval says he also wants to see a healthier Kentucky.

He hopes House Bill 187 will educate youth on the dangers of vaping.

It would create a trust fund using millions in settlement money from Jau Labs.

We're just wanting to capture a percentage of those dollars to make sure it's going toward education because we know how dangerous vaping is.

But a lot of students really don't.

They think it's safe.

And so we've got to educate them, we've got to teach them.

And also parents teach them that vaping is very dangerous.

And that's the message that we need to get out there.

The Centers for Disease Control has previously estimated that a little less than half of Kentucky high schoolers use electronic vapor products higher than the National average.