---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to financial literacy. Create a new Chapter of KRS 158 to require a financial literacy course as a high school graduation requirement; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the financial literacy course; direct the Department of Education to develop curricula, materials, and guidelines which may be used by schools for the financial literacy course."
description: "AN ACT relating to financial literacy. Create a new Chapter of KRS 158 to require a financial literacy course as a high school graduation requirement; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the financial literacy course; direct the Department of Education to develop curricula, materials, and guidelines which may be used by schools for the financial literacy course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 132"
citation: "Kentucky HB 132 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "C. Morgan", "D. Schamore", "G. Brown Jr", "J. DuPlessis", "J. Greer", "J. Tipton", "K. Imes", "M. Castlen", "M. Hart", "M. Prunty", "S. Riggs", "S. Wells", "S. Westrom", "T. Moore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4d370dc-8018-4f36-97ca-68baf4b5e7fd"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB132.htm"
source_hash: "5e73ad5b19a9032e8c2f7e8fa03ad29debc1d2375492e46e75836ee51847f245"
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 132 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to financial literacy. Create a new Chapter of KRS 158 to require a financial literacy course as a high school graduation requirement; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the financial literacy course; direct the Department of Education to develop curricula, materials, and guidelines which may be used by schools for the financial literacy course.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 132 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB132/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB132/HFA1.pdf)
3. **HFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB132/HFA2.pdf)
4. **HFA3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB132/HFA3.pdf)
5. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB132/bill.pdf)
6. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB132/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- C. Morgan — primary (person)
- D. Schamore — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Greer — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Imes — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- S. Riggs — primary (person)
- S. Wells — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-23** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-24** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-26** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
- **2018-01-30** Floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-31** 3rd reading, passed 68-24 with floor amendment (3) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-02** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 13, 2018
- **2018-03-13** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-14** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-15** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-16** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-19** 3rd reading, passed 35-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-20** Received in House
- **2018-03-20** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Taken from Rules
- **2018-03-21** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-21** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-21** Passed 88-3
- **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. 81) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4d370dc-8018-4f36-97ca-68baf4b5e7fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).