---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public-private partnerships."
description: "Amend KRS 65.028, relating to public-private partnerships, to redefine \"local government\" to include local school district; and grant a local board of education the authority to enter into public-private partnerships on behalf of a local school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Kentucky SB 169 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Local Government", "Partnerships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/898d436f-d904-425e-88d8-17b8bb729cf4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb169.html"
source_hash: "032850f17eb52b6612963312bf60f2591640b82da486a0468013f383c66560e4"
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 169 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to public-private partnerships.

Amend KRS 65.028, relating to public-private partnerships, to redefine "local government" to include local school district; and grant a local board of education the authority to enter into public-private partnerships on behalf of a local school district.

## 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/sb169/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 41** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0041.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb169/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 169 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 41) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/898d436f-d904-425e-88d8-17b8bb729cf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).