---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to removal of local school board members."
description: "AN ACT relating to removal of local school board members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Kentucky HB 331 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "C. Massey", "DJ Johnson", "J. Decker", "J. Gooch Jr.", "J. Tipton", "N. Tate", "S. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86d004de-41dc-47b9-b9df-e2d33c3b64b6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb331.html"
source_hash: "a606eb861b6ae76c036afc07d0b3b97d5dac2c8a7b867e268d47b98371b22208"
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 HB 331 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to removal of local school board members.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb331/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 144** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0144.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb331/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 331 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 144) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86d004de-41dc-47b9-b9df-e2d33c3b64b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).