---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Education and Labor Cabinet reorganization."
description: "Amend KRS 151B.015 to establish the Division of Program Policy and Support within the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; establish the Department for Disability Determination Services and its divisions in the Education and Labor Cabinet; establish the Office of Industry and Apprenticeship Services and the Division of Workforce Talent within the Department of Workforce Development; amend KRS 151B.017, 151B.185, and 12.020 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Kentucky SB 178 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reorganization", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b213013-027b-4268-af87-d42fd439934d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb178.html"
source_hash: "7494b46930d694e9d2705cdb01e5a46cc0bb7cbc50059c673e0da2d7bec10850"
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 178 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the Education and Labor Cabinet reorganization.

Amend KRS 151B.015 to establish the Division of Program Policy and Support within the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; establish the Department for Disability Determination Services and its divisions in the Education and Labor Cabinet; establish the Office of Industry and Apprenticeship Services and the Division of Workforce Talent within the Department of Workforce Development; amend KRS 151B.017, 151B.185, and 12.020 to conform.

## 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/sb178/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0029.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb178/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **91–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 178 W/ sfa1 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **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
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b213013-027b-4268-af87-d42fd439934d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).