---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "Kentucky HB 208 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Retroactive Legislation", "State Agencies", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "F. Rabourn", "F. Rabourn", "F. Rabourn", "F. Rabourn", "F. Rabourn", "R. Huff", "R. Huff", "S. Lewis", "T. Bojanowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68ecb949-b9d2-4875-ae3e-ab5d1b67ab4b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb208.html"
source_hash: "2d9403cc79ffedb157d859348406c27079ab7f9efb23af56d08659a9d3361348"
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 208 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

## 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/hb208/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0009.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb208/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 208 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (3) withdrawn
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-8 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (5) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-8 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** passed 81-15 `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 9) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68ecb949-b9d2-4875-ae3e-ab5d1b67ab4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).