republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/sb-167.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to library district boards."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to public library districts to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023; establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.520 to provide libraries the authority to lease and build to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing or constructing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to library districts formed by petition to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023, and establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.745 to provide libraries the authority to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Kentucky SB 167 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Courts", "Fiscal", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Higher", "Education", "Vocational", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Libraries", "Local Government", "Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Schickel", "J. Turner", "P. Wheeler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46410c96-32e2-49ae-a571-66f64c28c5f0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb167.html"
source_hash: "42d3cf13053138caeb2c76d01a3aefc487f4a1a51ae9a27a9098b4333d6481ba"
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 167 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to library district boards.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to public library districts to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023; establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.520 to provide libraries the authority to lease and build to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing or constructing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to library districts formed by petition to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023, and establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.745 to provide libraries the authority to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

## 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/22RS/sb167/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0221.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb167/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 167 w/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 167 W/ scs1 sfa1 sfa2 sfa3 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Schickel — primary (person)
- J. Turner — primary (person)
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 20-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to State Government (H)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 52-37 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 25-11 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 23-13 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto sustained 48-39
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** vote on passage reconsidered
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 52-39 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 221) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46410c96-32e2-49ae-a571-66f64c28c5f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).