KY SB2 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-10 - became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 165)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-10 - became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 165)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting within his or her scope of duty; specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; amend KRS 158.442 to require the Center for School Safety to implement a system to certify guardians to school districts and administer and oversee the school mapping program; amend KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of "school resource officer"; amend 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified school resource officer is available as required; allow a district with a school resource officer to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures; amend KRS 158.4416 to define terms; make conforming changes; require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and submit the information to the Department of Education (KDE); require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the department to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; amend KRS 158.443 to conform; amend KRS 158.4451 to require the Office of Homeland Security to maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool; specify that each school district shall make available an anonymous reporting tool; provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amend KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time; make conforming changes; amend KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools; require school councils or principals to include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety; outline requirements of school mapping data; amend KRS 158.4412 to require the local school district's safety coordinator to maintain a current copy of school mapping data; amend KRS 61.637 to 78.5540 to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to student safety.
Sponsors
| Sen. George Wise [R] | Sen. Matthew Deneen [R] | Sen. Donald Douglas [R] | Sen. Greg Elkins [R] |
| Sen. Shelley Frommeyer [R] | Sen. Robert Mills [R] | Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/FINAL hcs1 RSN# 3202 (Y: 28 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 431 (Y: 70 N: 27 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa2 RSN# 2959 (Y: 28 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 431 (Y: 70 N: 27 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa2 RSN# 2959 (Y: 28 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-10 | Senate | became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 165) |
| 2024-04-09 | Senate | filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | passed 28-7 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | to Rules (H) |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | 3rd reading, passed 70-27 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-27 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-26 | House | floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-03-26 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1) |
| 2024-03-13 | House | floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed |
| 2024-03-07 | House | to Education (H) |
| 2024-03-06 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-03-06 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendments (1) and (3) |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | 3rd reading |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024 |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
