---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation."
description: "Amend KRS 151B.195 to require the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to exhaust in-state providers before entering into reciprocal agreements with other states; promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures and standards for service fee memoranda; and submit an annual report of the office's activities to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission, that includes a complete operating and financial statement of the office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Kentucky SB 103 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Disabilities and the Disabled", "Education", "Vocational", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6c17bfd-27ea-4ff8-b5df-17aebe691133"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb103.html"
source_hash: "a85df89174783b623ab45cc7e163703bcfb92062a9cbbd5a88145e2a554f0049"
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 103 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Amend KRS 151B.195 to require the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to exhaust in-state providers before entering into reciprocal agreements with other states; promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures and standards for service fee memoranda; and submit an annual report of the office's activities to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission, that includes a complete operating and financial statement of the office.

## 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/25RS/sb103/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0040.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb103/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage SB 103 W/ hcs1 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 103 w/sfa1 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 40) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6c17bfd-27ea-4ff8-b5df-17aebe691133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).