---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a feasibility study on expanding postbaccalaureate program offerings at comprehensive universities."
description: "Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on expanding postbaccalaureate program offerings at comprehensive universities; consult with each president of a comprehensive university to consider a regional economic development or workforce development need that may be met by a postbaccalaureate program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SJR 170"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 170 (2024RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Education", "Higher", "State Agencies", "Studies Directed", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Givens", "D. Thayer", "J. Adams", "M. Wilson", "R. Stivers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4c34078-4d75-4c61-84bd-2adcaed5c423"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sjr170.html"
source_hash: "0ca48c6b73c5d7154ec0f6537aad0e513723ade2dcf3ed4b2fedcc374f2a4927"
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 170 (2024RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a feasibility study on expanding postbaccalaureate program offerings at comprehensive universities.

Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on expanding postbaccalaureate program offerings at comprehensive universities; consult with each president of a comprehensive university to consider a regional economic development or workforce development need that may be met by a postbaccalaureate program.

## 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/sjr170/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0199.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sjr170/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL ADOPT SJR 170 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT SJR 170 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Givens — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- R. Stivers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 28-9-1 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (H)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (H)
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (H)
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (H)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted with Committee Substitute (1) 85-7 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** adopted 37-0
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 199) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4c34078-4d75-4c61-84bd-2adcaed5c423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).