---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local school board meetings."
description: "Amend KRS 160.270 to require a public comment period at local board of education meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Kentucky HB 121 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "R. Huff", "T. Huff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa6c549-d05b-435c-aed1-c0ff8e00f8ca"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb121.html"
source_hash: "942d7a61855db42471b9e41a798ca5646d9d3f928c4d8edebcafdb7644606b2e"
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 121 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to local school board meetings.

Amend KRS 160.270 to require a public comment period at local board of education meetings.

## 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/22RS/hb121/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 92** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0092.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb121/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 121 w/ sfa2 sfa3 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 27, 2022
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) ruled not germane
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment defeated
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** passed 66-24 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2022
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** passed 25-10 with Floor Amendments (2) and (3) `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendments (2) and (3)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Floor Amendments (2) and (3)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 68-25 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 92) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fa6c549-d05b-435c-aed1-c0ff8e00f8ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).