---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to education."
description: "Amend KRS 161.102 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to issue substitute teacher certificates based on education attained; specify the type of employment each certificate allows."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 387"
citation: "Kentucky HB 387 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "C. Freeland", "C. Fugate", "D. Frazier Gordon", "D. Lewis", "J. Bray", "J. Gooch Jr.", "J. Justice", "K. Jackson", "K. Timoney", "P. Flannery", "P. Pratt", "S. Lewis", "T. Smith", "T. Truett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5490c02a-18f6-4130-892e-efdfd8be786a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb387.html"
source_hash: "1a811b13edfa3145a4fa7940b4220b8513dd7400091f276a9059ffe55b0ace81"
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 387 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 161.102 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to issue substitute teacher certificates based on education attained; specify the type of employment each certificate allows.

## 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/24RS/hb387/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0221.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb387/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 387 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Justice — primary (person)
- K. Jackson — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)
- T. Truett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-4 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 94-0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 221) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5490c02a-18f6-4130-892e-efdfd8be786a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).