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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to school administrators and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 157.350 to provide that in order to be eligible to receive support education excellence in Kentucky funds a school district shall not provide the superintendent or any administrator a percentage pay increase greater than the average percentage pay increase provided to classroom teachers within the district; amend KRS 156.070 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Kentucky SB 2 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary And Secondary", "Education", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "J. Adams", "L. Tichenor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ccf47df-3a76-4902-a9cf-3f5a15da00ca"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb2.html"
source_hash: "cedab7a21f763dd563bd32e426fff8625fff22c40c5d83bbf26071a0c6649b2b"
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 2 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to school administrators and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 157.350 to provide that in order to be eligible to receive support education excellence in Kentucky funds a school district shall not provide the superintendent or any administrator a percentage pay increase greater than the average percentage pay increase provided to classroom teachers within the district; amend KRS 156.070 to conform.
## 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/26RS/sb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0009.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb2/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **904** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 2 w/ HFA 1, HFA 2 (T) — **360** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 2 — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- L. Tichenor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026
- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Primary and Secondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-4 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 9) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ccf47df-3a76-4902-a9cf-3f5a15da00ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).