---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to classified school staff and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 161.011 to allow for the hiring of classified personnel without a high school diploma or equivalent if the district provides the employee the opportunity to obtain a high school equivalency diploma at no cost to the employee; allow licenses or credentials issued by a government entity to substitute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 32"
citation: "Kentucky HB 32 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Personnel and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe3ce40-a788-4a70-b324-491d4d311160"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb32.html"
source_hash: "bcadaa3418c6c248b4135c21ce3f1c3a301c6ec4134e72c629ef256e7d8223fe"
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 32 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to classified school staff and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 161.011 to allow for the hiring of classified personnel without a high school diploma or equivalent if the district provides the employee the opportunity to obtain a high school equivalency diploma at no cost to the employee; allow licenses or credentials issued by a government entity to substitute.

## 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/23RS/hb32/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0068.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb32/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE HB 32 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1), and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2023
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe3ce40-a788-4a70-b324-491d4d311160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).