---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to education."
description: "Amend KRS 161.028 to allow for a designee of the chief academic officer of an independent not-for-profit college or university to serve as a member of the Education Professional Standards Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Kentucky SB 77 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc104200-d731-4415-9624-f4c87d923121"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb77.html"
source_hash: "4fb6ee9d093f6460a2434cd2e859b0af986fd24bb4887c7b8205138bab73b7cb"
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 77 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 161.028 to allow for a designee of the chief academic officer of an independent not-for-profit college or university to serve as a member of the Education Professional Standards Board.

## 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/sb77/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0033.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb77/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 77 W/ scs1 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 77 W/ hcs1 hfa1 hcta1 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `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** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Postsecondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Postsecondary Education (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Postsecondary Education (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendment Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `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. 33) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc104200-d731-4415-9624-f4c87d923121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).