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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define \"department\" and \"principal\"; establish the principal leadership development practicum; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and operate the practicum and outline the required components of the practicum; allow for substitution of practicum hours for hours of instruction required by the effective instructional leadership program; begin the practicum requirements with the 2027-2028 school year; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations for the operation of the practicum; amend KRS 156.101 to conform; amend KRS 161.207 to remove references to the principal internship program and make conforming changes to initial principal certification process; amend KRS 156.492 to remove an outdated reference; require the Kentucky Department of Education to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026, setting out the implementation plan for the practicum."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "SB 4"
+citation: "Kentucky SB 4 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Education", "Elementary And Secondary", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies", "Teachers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "D. Givens", "G. Neal", "L. Tichenor", "M. Deneen", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "R. Mills", "S. West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c6cda1f-9804-49af-92ce-f47b72d608ed"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb4.html"
+source_hash: "1da9aa92dcdee1134d52a4b4eda5d73e99fd4e6a356fcb84f4b5acdd91642310"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
+---
+
+# Kentucky SB 4 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
+
+Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "department" and "principal"; establish the principal leadership development practicum; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and operate the practicum and outline the required components of the practicum; allow for substitution of practicum hours for hours of instruction required by the effective instructional leadership program; begin the practicum requirements with the 2027-2028 school year; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations for the operation of the practicum; amend KRS 156.101 to conform; amend KRS 161.207 to remove references to the principal internship program and make conforming changes to initial principal certification process; amend KRS 156.492 to remove an outdated reference; require the Kentucky Department of Education to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026, setting out the implementation plan for the practicum.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb4/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0154.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb4/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASS SB 4 w/ SCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Veto Override — **78–19** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 4 — **28–7** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage — **72–21** (pass) · upper
+- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 4 — **30–8** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **74–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Douglas — primary (person)
+- D. Givens — primary (person)
+- G. Neal — primary (person)
+- L. Tichenor — primary (person)
+- M. Deneen — primary (person)
+- M. Wilson — primary (person)
+- M. Wise — primary (person)
+- R. Mills — primary (person)
+- S. West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026
+- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Primary and Secondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 74-15 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 72-21 `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 28-7 `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-8 `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 78-19 `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 154) `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c6cda1f-9804-49af-92ce-f47b72d608ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+