---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics. Amend KRS 156.070 to require the state board or the agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to allow a member school's team to play against students or a team from non-member, at-home private schools and establish the conditions under which this may occur."
description: "AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics. Amend KRS 156.070 to require the state board or the agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to allow a member school's team to play against students or a team from non-member, at-home private schools and establish the conditions under which this may occur."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 290"
citation: "Kentucky HB 290 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "J. Carney", "R. Mills"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/287a4cb3-5f67-4da6-a3e2-8043e37e92d3"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB290.htm"
source_hash: "12772d02c3cf5dc9d483d8e474ea37a0ba1bc4df48274cbd0267fabce5d35b22"
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 HB 290 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics. Amend KRS 156.070 to require the state board or the agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to allow a member school's team to play against students or a team from non-member, at-home private schools and establish the conditions under which this may occur.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 290 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB290/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB290/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB290/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Carney — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 9, 2018
- **2018-02-09** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2018-02-09** 3rd reading, passed 76-8 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-12** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-16** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
- **2018-03-21** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 75) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/287a4cb3-5f67-4da6-a3e2-8043e37e92d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).