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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 711: AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 711 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to postsecondary education. Most recent recorded action (March 7, 2025): to Education (S).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Amend KRS 164.001 to remove the definition of "committee" and "P-16 council"; amend KRS 164.013 to conform; amend KRS 164.020 to remove the Council on Postsecondary Education's ability to postpone approval of new programs due to an institution's unmet equal educational opportunity goals; amend KRS 164.0211 to attach the Board of Student Body Presidents to the Council on Postsecondary Education for administration and organization purposes; amend KRS 164.321 to require Senate confirmation of gubernatorial appointees to the boards of regents of the comprehensive universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System prior to an appointee serving on a board; amend various other sections to conform; repeal KRS 164.004, 164.0285, 164.0286, 164.0287, 164.0288, and 164.033.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. to Education (S)
  2. to Committee on Committees (S)
  3. received in Senate
  4. 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
  5. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
  6. 2nd reading, to Rules
  7. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
  8. to Postsecondary Education (H)
  9. to Committee on Committees (H)
  10. introduced in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source