---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to a day of prayer for students."
description: "AN ACT relating to a day of prayer for students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 166"
citation: "Kentucky HB 166 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Governor", "Teachers", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "D. Hale", "J. Schickel", "J. Schickel", "J. Tipton", "M. Dossett", "M. Prunty", "R. Huff", "S. Sheldon", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5792bb8-9145-48e8-96fc-a7db623f6d75"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb166.html"
source_hash: "8e2ce75357ee55308b9b2d9df093fd9edb5ff0d4f81b0123389c859cfe61f9fc"
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 166 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to a day of prayer for students.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb166/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Schickel — primary (person)
- J. Schickel — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 14, 2019
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 79-18 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-5 `passage`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 141) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5792bb8-9145-48e8-96fc-a7db623f6d75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).