republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-32.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to classified school staff and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 161.011 to allow for the hiring of classified personnel without a high school diploma or equivalent if the district provides the employee the opportunity to obtain a high school equivalency diploma at no cost to the employee; allow licenses or credentials issued by a government entity to substitute.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 32	Kentucky HB 32 (2023RS)	bill	Education Elementary and Secondary Personnel and Employment	enacted		3	19	2	2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bbe3ce40-a788-4a70-b324-491d4d311160	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb32.html	bcadaa3418c6c248b4135c21ce3f1c3a301c6ec4134e72c629ef256e7d8223fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 32 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to classified school staff and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 161.011 to allow for the hiring of classified personnel without a high school diploma or equivalent if the district provides the employee the opportunity to obtain a high school equivalency diploma at no cost to the employee; allow licenses or credentials issued by a government entity to substitute.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 68 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE HB 32 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1), and committee amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2023
• 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbe3ce40-a788-4a70-b324-491d4d311160. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).