---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to workforce development."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative to implement the policies developed by the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board; establish membership and articulate responsibilities of the collaborative; authorize service coordination and combination service programs; articulate responsibilities of local workforce development boards; establish performance milestones and deadlines for attainment; require annual reporting beginning July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Kentucky SB 207 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Federal Laws and Regulations", "Governor", "Labor and Industry", "Local Mandate", "Occupations and Professions", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Higdon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faca5a26-0358-4d5c-88b2-2d2e17bf024d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb207.html"
source_hash: "0a6fac6e47fcb46a80e7d7c97d9aef78db4544c5f88be4c92f201e6e8cb87c35"
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 207 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to workforce development.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative to implement the policies developed by the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board; establish membership and articulate responsibilities of the collaborative; authorize service coordination and combination service programs; articulate responsibilities of local workforce development boards; establish performance milestones and deadlines for attainment; require annual reporting beginning July 1, 2025.

## 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/sb207/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0220.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb207/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 207 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 207 w/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 207 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Higdon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2022
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 82-13 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-7 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 28-8 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 75-18 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 220) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faca5a26-0358-4d5c-88b2-2d2e17bf024d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).