---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to notifications. Amend KRS 158.186 to clarify notice requirements, change duty to report to the commissioner of education, and require certification of compliance."
description: "AN ACT relating to notifications. Amend KRS 158.186 to clarify notice requirements, change duty to report to the commissioner of education, and require certification of compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Kentucky SB 140 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ff0709e-d7d2-4780-b498-188c9fd92cd5"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB140.htm"
source_hash: "70050afb8352ff333c95965ec03343dfac9146d8e3e897406e274be94ac70d5e"
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 140 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to notifications. Amend KRS 158.186 to clarify notice requirements, change duty to report to the commissioner of education, and require certification of compliance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB140/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2018
- **2018-02-28** 3rd reading, passed 36-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01** Received in House
- **2018-03-05** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-20** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 66) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ff0709e-d7d2-4780-b498-188c9fd92cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).