Passed Kentucky Firearm Legislation SB2
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to student safety.
Subject: Education, Elementary and Secondary: State Agencies: Actuarial Analysis
Description: Amends 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, and to make conforming changes; amends KRS 156.501 to remove existing cost-sharing provisions for the registered nurse required to be employed by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE); creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms, to establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools, to specify qualifications of a guardian, to specify that a local board of education is immune from civil or criminal liability in all claims arising out of any action of a guardian, and to specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require KDE to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety and to outline requirements of school mapping data; amends KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of “school resource officer” (SRO); amends 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified SRO is available as required, to allow a district with an SRO to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures, and to require that the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council update and maintain SRO training; amends KRS 158.4416 to define terms, to specify that at least 60 percent of a school counselor’s time be spent providing direct services, to make conforming changes, to require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and to submit the information to KDE, and to require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; amends KRS 158.442 to require that the Center for School Safety implement a system to certify guardians to school districts, to authorize the center to employ an individual to provide oversight of the guardian program if funds are available, and to authorize the center to administer and oversee the school mapping program; amends KRS 158.443 to conform; amends KRS 158.4451 to require that the Office of Homeland Security maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool, to require that each school district make available an anonymous reporting tool, and to provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amends KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools, and to require that school councils or principals include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; amends KRS 158.4412 to require that the local school district’s safety coordinator maintain a current copy of school mapping data; and amends KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to conform.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 165)
Last Action Date: April 10, 2024
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: George Wise (R); Matthew Deneen (R); Donald Douglas (R); Greg Elkins (R); Shelley Frommeyer (R); Robert Mills (R); Lindsey Tichenor (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 18% (7 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 10, 2024 | became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 165) |
| Senate | Apr 9, 2024 | filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | passed 28-7 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | to Rules (H) |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | received in Senate |
| House | Mar 28, 2024 | 3rd reading, passed 70-27 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| House | Mar 28, 2024 | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | delivered to Governor |
| House | Mar 27, 2024 | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| House | Mar 26, 2024 | floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute |
| House | Mar 26, 2024 | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1) |
| House | Mar 13, 2024 | floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed |
| House | Mar 7, 2024 | to Education (H) |
| House | Mar 6, 2024 | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| House | Mar 6, 2024 | received in House |
| Senate | Mar 5, 2024 | 3rd reading |
| Senate | Mar 5, 2024 | passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) |
| Senate | Mar 5, 2024 | floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendments (1) and (3) |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2024 | floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2024 | floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
| Senate | Mar 1, 2024 | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024 |
| Senate | Mar 1, 2024 | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| Senate | Feb 29, 2024 | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| Senate | Feb 29, 2024 | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2024 | to Education (S) |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2024 | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2024 | introduced in Senate |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | not available | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | not available | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | not available | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Senate Committee Substitute | Senate Committee Substitute 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Committee Substitute | Actuarial Analysis to Senate Committee Substitute 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Floor Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Floor Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Floor Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 3 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Floor Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Floor Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Committee Substitute | House Committee Substitute 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Committee Substitute | Actuarial Analysis to House Committee Substitute 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Committee Amendment | House Committee Amendment 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Floor Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Floor Amendment | House Floor Amendment 4 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa2 RSN# 2959 | 03/5/2024 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Third Reading RCS# 431 | 03/28/2024 | 70 | 27 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| Senate: Third Reading W/FINAL hcs1 RSN# 3202 | 03/28/2024 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
