---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to personnel board hearings. Amend KRS 13B.020 to include hearings by the Personnel Board in the list of administrative hearings exempt from KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 18A.0751, 18A.095, and 18A.100 to conform."
description: "AN ACT relating to personnel board hearings. Amend KRS 13B.020 to include hearings by the Personnel Board in the list of administrative hearings exempt from KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 18A.0751, 18A.095, and 18A.100 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Kentucky SB 131 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Schroder"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a83753db-07ad-4a79-9c5d-0d5dfc1151bc"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB131.htm"
source_hash: "b78a24d8a767707d66dbcc374a9856ca67e884bcc69374f0ae317fb6ea307816"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 131 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to personnel board hearings. Amend KRS 13B.020 to include hearings by the Personnel Board in the list of administrative hearings exempt from KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 18A.0751, 18A.095, and 18A.100 to conform.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB131/HFA1.pdf)
2. **HFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB131/HFA2.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB131/bill.pdf)
4. **SB 131 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB131/orig_bill.pdf)
5. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB131/SFA1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- W. Schroder — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-02-22** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-23** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-02-26** 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-27** Received in House
- **2018-03-01** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-20** Floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 62-26 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 72) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a83753db-07ad-4a79-9c5d-0d5dfc1151bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).