republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-424.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions.	Amend KRS 164.360, 164.230, and 164.830 to require the boards of each state university and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to approve a performance and productivity evaluation process for presidents and all faculty members by January 1, 2026; require faculty evaluations to be completed at least once every four years; permit removal of certain employees for failure to meet performance and productivity requirements regardless of status; permit a board to delegate appointment and removal of faculty to the college or university president; require that each board of regents of the six state comprehensive universities appoint a university president; specify employment contract duration limits for employees of comprehensive universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 424	Kentucky HB 424 (2025RS)	bill	Boards and Commissions Education Higher Universities and Colleges	enacted		3	35	4	2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2e1bea3f-2ec7-4899-90cf-2e3a47faedcf	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb424.html	cb672333dfe3d4e33541cb5ed5ddeb748360413ae55e036d4b19aa01b01ca5b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 424 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions.

Amend KRS 164.360, 164.230, and 164.830 to require the boards of each state university and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to approve a performance and productivity evaluation process for presidents and all faculty members by January 1, 2026; require faculty evaluations to be completed at least once every four years; permit removal of certain employees for failure to meet performance and productivity requirements regardless of status; permit a board to delegate appointment and removal of faculty to the college or university president; require that each board of regents of the six state comprehensive universities appoint a university president; specify employment contract duration limits for employees of comprehensive universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 106 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 78–17 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 80–20 (pass) · lower
• Override Veto Final Passage HB 424 — 29–9 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 424 — 30–7 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Postsecondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 78-17 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 30-7 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 80-20 passage
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 29-9 passage
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 106) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e1bea3f-2ec7-4899-90cf-2e3a47faedcf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).