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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2026RS"
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identifier: "HB 727"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 727 (2026RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education", "Elementary And Secondary", "State Agencies", "Teachers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["K. Jackson", "S. Lewis", "S. Riley"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bd89fbe-e3bc-4a0d-aa55-ca9eb4e53ddc"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb727.html"
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source_hash: "3cd23bbbfa67637a87bdddb76a2d938550782e4761078642b763329c7b2f8239"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 727 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb727/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0196.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb727/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage — **82–13** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 727 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- K. Jackson — primary (person)
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- S. Lewis — primary (person)
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- S. Riley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Primary and Secondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
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- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
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- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
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- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
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- **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`
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- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 82-13 `passage`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 196) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bd89fbe-e3bc-4a0d-aa55-ca9eb4e53ddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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