---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a feasibility study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university."
description: "Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university; require the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SJR 132"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 132 (2024RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies", "Studies Directed", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Stivers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33136179-ccc6-4c48-92ec-df95ff17a515"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sjr132.html"
source_hash: "d2397116425af09c3b1d1a220130c64e20e5ced01a0df7464a0c27b7f65dc0b4"
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 132 (2024RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a feasibility study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university.

Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university; require the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.

## 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/sjr132/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 192** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0192.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sjr132/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SJR 132 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Stivers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 95-0 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33136179-ccc6-4c48-92ec-df95ff17a515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).