---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to state administrative bodies."
description: "Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to study placing a new regional, residential, four-year university in southeastern Kentucky and the allocation of responsibility between the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and regional universities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SJR 98"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 98 (2023RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Education", "Higher", "Education", "Vocational", "Studies Directed", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d1819ca-c9da-4c87-a0b6-107089d73a60"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sjr98.html"
source_hash: "51665e81920caa413f2c075b212776441247945b4a741aabd6fa79de39912048"
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 SJR 98 (2023RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to state administrative bodies.

Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to study placing a new regional, residential, four-year university in southeastern Kentucky and the allocation of responsibility between the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and regional universities.

## 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/sjr98/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0049.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sjr98/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL ADOPT SJR 98 W/ hfa1 hfta2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT SJR 98 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37 -0 `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
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d1819ca-c9da-4c87-a0b6-107089d73a60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).