---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to suicide prevention training. Amend KRS 156.095 to require two hours of in-person suicide prevention professional development training every other school year for middle and high school principals, guidance counselors, and teachers; require a newly hired staff member to receive a packet of information on suicide prevention when the person is hired in a year training is not provided; amend KRS 158.070 to delete requirement for two hours of self-study review for suicide prevention training."
description: "AN ACT relating to suicide prevention training. Amend KRS 156.095 to require two hours of in-person suicide prevention professional development training every other school year for middle and high school principals, guidance counselors, and teachers; require a newly hired staff member to receive a packet of information on suicide prevention when the person is hired in a year training is not provided; amend KRS 158.070 to delete requirement for two hours of self-study review for suicide prevention training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Kentucky HB 30 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Hale", "J. Sims Jr", "J. York", "K. Fleming", "M. Prunty", "R. Huff", "R. Palumbo", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-07-25"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9431386f-7c3d-4ec5-afe8-6426026e0829"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB30.htm"
source_hash: "734b5fc8e40dab9f58912dc93e172e4bcc45c410f611198e7a9cc82a3a59e557"
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 30 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to suicide prevention training. Amend KRS 156.095 to require two hours of in-person suicide prevention professional development training every other school year for middle and high school principals, guidance counselors, and teachers; require a newly hired staff member to receive a packet of information on suicide prevention when the person is hired in a year training is not provided; amend KRS 158.070 to delete requirement for two hours of self-study review for suicide prevention training.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 30 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB30/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB30/HFA1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB30/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB30/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Sims Jr — primary (person)
- J. York — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-25** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2018-01-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-02** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-23** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-26** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
- **2018-02-01** 3rd reading, passed 88-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-02** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-05** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Taken from Rules (H)
- **2018-03-22** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-22** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-22** Passed 90-0
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-27** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 53) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9431386f-7c3d-4ec5-afe8-6426026e0829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).