---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to school background checks."
description: "AN ACT relating to school background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Kentucky SB 79 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "State Agencies", "State Employees", "Teachers", "Children and Minors", "Background Checks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a432fa-594c-4c0f-9598-70bd58035b0d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb79.html"
source_hash: "5ac1569054f18fc88a5d406d3e805a556601c04895893a612780145ec1e97acc"
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 79 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to school background checks.

## 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/sb79/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb79/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 79 W/ scs 1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 28, 2020
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+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
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88a432fa-594c-4c0f-9598-70bd58035b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).