---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the state management of education and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Board of Education Nomination Committee, set requirements for appointees, and term limitations; amend KRS 156.148 to require the commissioner of education to be subject to Senate confirmation in accordance with KRS 11.160; require the commissioner of education to be subject to an annual review by the Kentucky Board of Education; provide that the commissioner of education shall serve for a defined employment contract term not to exceed 4 years; amend KRS 156.029 to prohibit ex officio and nonvoting members of the Board of Education from being represented by proxy at any meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 107"
citation: "Kentucky SB 107 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31dd3028-6bf4-41e2-b0a0-5884f0de2fbc"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb107.html"
source_hash: "278f014b2e74d0650b4e484a40640996613cc0896a153a60fc31843a7cc87b89"
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 107 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the state management of education and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Board of Education Nomination Committee, set requirements for appointees, and term limitations; amend KRS 156.148 to require the commissioner of education to be subject to Senate confirmation in accordance with KRS 11.160; require the commissioner of education to be subject to an annual review by the Kentucky Board of Education; provide that the commissioner of education shall serve for a defined employment contract term not to exceed 4 years; amend KRS 156.029 to prohibit ex officio and nonvoting members of the Board of Education from being represented by proxy at any meeting.

## 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/sb107/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0134.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb107/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 107 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override Final Passage SB 107 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 107 W/ scs1, sfa1, scta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Motion to move the previous question on SB 107 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-4 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1), and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (H)
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (H)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (H)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-20 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29 -6 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30 -7 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 78-19 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 134) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31dd3028-6bf4-41e2-b0a0-5884f0de2fbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).