republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-300.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the profession of education."
description: "Amend KRS 161.120 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations that establish the process and procedures for receiving and processing a complaint against a certificate holder; establish a specific timeline; establish specific action the board may take; require confirmation of receipt of responses or correspondences to the board from a certificate holder; require the board to provide confirmation of receipt to superintendents who submit a report to the board and provide specific notices; establish a specific timeline for a hearing for admonishment, remove the option for a hearing to be conducted by the board or a panel of three members of the board; require that the hearing provide all the due process rights afforded under KRS Chapter 13B; allow an appeal of a final order of the board to be filed in the Circuit Court of the county in which the certificate holder resides; RETROACTIVE to pending complaints filed with the board; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Kentucky HB 300 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Occupations and Professions", "Retroactive Legislation", "State Agencies", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Clines", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e9cdb9-247e-4554-ba03-80802a82323d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb300.html"
source_hash: "f03adf3b482f796f9dcd9093e752900c915420d884a92350fd8dd48100f230c4"
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 HB 300 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to the profession of education.

Amend KRS 161.120 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations that establish the process and procedures for receiving and processing a complaint against a certificate holder; establish a specific timeline; establish specific action the board may take; require confirmation of receipt of responses or correspondences to the board from a certificate holder; require the board to provide confirmation of receipt to superintendents who submit a report to the board and provide specific notices; establish a specific timeline for a hearing for admonishment, remove the option for a hearing to be conducted by the board or a panel of three members of the board; require that the hearing provide all the due process rights afforded under KRS Chapter 13B; allow an appeal of a final order of the board to be filed in the Circuit Court of the county in which the certificate holder resides; RETROACTIVE to pending complaints filed with the board; EMERGENCY.

## 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/24RS/hb300/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0209.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb300/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 300 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Clines — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Education (H)
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) defeated
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 95-1 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 209) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55e9cdb9-247e-4554-ba03-80802a82323d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).