republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-727.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to school district buildings.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to allow school districts to issue general obligation bonds and obtain bank loans; amend KRS 160.160 require the approval of the Department of Education prior to a school district obtaining a bank loan or issuing general obligation bonds; require general obligation bonds to be entered into through advertising or competitive bidding; provide for the department to intercept funds for a payment due on a general obligation bond; make conforming amendments.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 727	Kentucky HB 727 (2024RS)	bill	Bonds Public Education Elementary and Secondary Education Finance State Agencies	enacted	M. Meredith	3	21	2	2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d47cea70-cecc-4b52-8203-21ab53687706	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb727.html	b4f85bb6b8757ea81c8a084f0c162817f4359a3aada1ab5a851021764855ec87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 727 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to school district buildings.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to allow school districts to issue general obligation bonds and obtain bank loans; amend KRS 160.160 require the approval of the Department of Education prior to a school district obtaining a bank loan or issuing general obligation bonds; require general obligation bonds to be entered into through advertising or competitive bidding; provide for the department to intercept funds for a payment due on a general obligation bond; make conforming amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 126 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 727 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• M. Meredith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (3) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d47cea70-cecc-4b52-8203-21ab53687706. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).