---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT establishing support for dyslexia and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to create a dyslexia trust fund to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Education to finance grants to school districts for support of students identified with characteristics of dyslexia; require a report on expenditures from the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create a Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate with extra fees funding the dyslexia trust fund; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of license plates to include the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019."
description: "AN ACT establishing support for dyslexia and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to create a dyslexia trust fund to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Education to finance grants to school districts for support of students identified with characteristics of dyslexia; require a report on expenditures from the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create a Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate with extra fees funding the dyslexia trust fund; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of license plates to include the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 367"
citation: "Kentucky HB 367 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Wuchner", "B. Rowland", "D. Graham", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67294bdd-3285-4b41-a4a1-abc70b1d8ca0"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB367.htm"
source_hash: "ea2e02c2af8b7a7dde03f48ba25189a310c84c49052e3f32a77dc820016e269b"
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 367 (2018RS) — AN ACT establishing support for dyslexia and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to create a dyslexia trust fund to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Education to finance grants to school districts for support of students identified with characteristics of dyslexia; require a report on expenditures from the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create a Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate with extra fees funding the dyslexia trust fund; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of license plates to include the Dyslexia Ready to Read special license plate; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 367 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB367/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB367/bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB367/SFA1.pdf)
4. **SFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB367/SFA2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Wuchner — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-20** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2018-03-08** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2018-03-08** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 13, 2018
- **2018-03-13** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-15** To Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2018-03-20** Reassigned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2018-03-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-29** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-29** Floor amendment (1-title) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-02** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendments (1-title) and (2) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-02** Received in House
- **2018-04-02** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-13** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1-title) and (2)
- **2018-04-14** House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1-title) and (2)
- **2018-04-14** Bill passed 87-0
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 206) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67294bdd-3285-4b41-a4a1-abc70b1d8ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).