---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to career and technical education and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to career and technical education and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Kentucky SB 101 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Higdon", "J. Higdon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312361d3-80ed-4b3a-8f7f-da14d0e30b6d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb101.html"
source_hash: "10941748b6b1cc7d0ad4ea5a8acf2ad87f2e11a35e9d252df72fa66433365994"
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 101 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to career and technical 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/sb101/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0040.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb101/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 101 W/scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Higdon — primary (person)
- J. Higdon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (H)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (H)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 40) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/312361d3-80ed-4b3a-8f7f-da14d0e30b6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).