---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Council on Postsecondary Education. Amend KRS 164.013 to make the employment of a search firm optional when filling the position of the Council on Postsecondary Education president; delete the requirement that the president's compensation exceed that of any public university president."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Council on Postsecondary Education. Amend KRS 164.013 to make the employment of a search firm optional when filling the position of the Council on Postsecondary Education president; delete the requirement that the president's compensation exceed that of any public university president."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Kentucky SB 202 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Wise"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c9fa45e-5c6a-4c7f-894e-374fd2dbd421"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB202.htm"
source_hash: "b79f6720dd93077993528bf1dce2d5d8232ec688ee3f989d3a7fef9713072b7c"
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 202 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the Council on Postsecondary Education. Amend KRS 164.013 to make the employment of a search firm optional when filling the position of the Council on Postsecondary Education president; delete the requirement that the president's compensation exceed that of any public university president.

## Version chain

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

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB202/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Wise — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 15, 2018
- **2018-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16** Received in House
- **2018-03-20** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 122) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c9fa45e-5c6a-4c7f-894e-374fd2dbd421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).