---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local boards of education. Amend KRS 160.180 to remove board of education member eligibility restriction that no aunt, uncle, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law be employed by that board."
description: "AN ACT relating to local boards of education. Amend KRS 160.180 to remove board of education member eligibility restriction that no aunt, uncle, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law be employed by that board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Kentucky HB 277 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05923e0c-3e9b-43e3-bd7a-773bd2669350"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB277.htm"
source_hash: "3052760041080b5d1235f1ccfdf7307f05f2055fd0b86cd69721bcbbd7c205ab"
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 277 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to local boards of education. Amend KRS 160.180 to remove board of education member eligibility restriction that no aunt, uncle, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law be employed by that board.

## 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/17RS/HB277/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Posting waived
- **2017-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-17** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 74-13 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
- **2017-03-30** 3rd reading, passed 35-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 192) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05923e0c-3e9b-43e3-bd7a-773bd2669350`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).