KY HB424 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Passed on March 27 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-03-27 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 106)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Passed on March 27 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-03-27 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 106)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-03-27 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3616 (Y: 29 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 319 (Y: 80 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3542 (Y: 30 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 79 (Y: 78 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-03-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 319 (Y: 80 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3542 (Y: 30 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 79 (Y: 78 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 106) |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | received in House |
| 2025-03-27 | House | passed 29-9 |
| 2025-03-27 | House | veto overridden |
| 2025-03-27 | House | posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2025-03-27 | House | to Rules (S) |
| 2025-03-27 | House | received in Senate |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | passed 80-20 |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | veto overridden |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | posted for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | taken from Rules |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | to Rules (H) |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | received in House |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Vetoed |
| 2025-03-14 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2025-03-14 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2025-03-14 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2025-03-14 | House | received in House |
| 2025-03-13 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 30-7 |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025 |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2025-03-11 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2025-02-26 | House | 3rd reading, passed 78-17 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) |
| 2025-02-25 | House | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2025-02-21 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
| 2025-02-19 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2025-02-18 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2025-02-14 | House | to Postsecondary Education (H) |
| 2025-02-11 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2025-02-11 | House | introduced in House |
