---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to student health and safety."
description: "AN ACT relating to student health and safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Kentucky SB 42 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Higher", "Education", "Vocational", "Mental Health", "State Agencies", "Universities and Colleges", "Children and Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db08113-a609-4c4f-84e2-728bcd11541a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb42.html"
source_hash: "00af530eb2225f325dda35ca7d7e503e4e8845362a3446ec8b680523279fe505"
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 42 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to student health and safety.

## 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/20RS/sb42/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb42/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FOR CONSENT — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 42 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 6, 2020
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Rules
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 79-5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 54) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db08113-a609-4c4f-84e2-728bcd11541a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).