republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-727.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 161.028 to authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to use proceeds from certification fees for the development and maintenance of the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System (KEPS); amend KRS 160.152 to require KEPS to allow a potential applicant to create and submit applications to multiple school districts; make technical changes.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 727	Kentucky HB 727 (2026RS)	bill	Education Elementary And Secondary State Agencies Teachers	enacted	K. Jackson S. Lewis S. Riley	3	28	3	2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5bd89fbe-e3bc-4a0d-aa55-ca9eb4e53ddc	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb727.html	3cd23bbbfa67637a87bdddb76a2d938550782e4761078642b763329c7b2f8239	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 727 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 161.028 to authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to use proceeds from certification fees for the development and maintenance of the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System (KEPS); amend KRS 160.152 to require KEPS to allow a potential applicant to create and submit applications to multiple school districts; make technical changes.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 196 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — 82–13 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 727 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. Riley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 82-13 passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 196) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bd89fbe-e3bc-4a0d-aa55-ca9eb4e53ddc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).