---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public school assessments and accountability."
description: "AN ACT relating to public school assessments and accountability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Kentucky SB 175 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "State Agencies", "Reports Mandated", "Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Givens", "J. Carney", "J. Carney", "J. Carney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532b5260-4ee5-40a1-a48f-42ffa8a2acfe"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb175.html"
source_hash: "7d09f6a68884e4dc273f3e7850d85082b55f515a219b8a1a2c72fb2058940eea"
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 175 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to public school assessments and accountability.

## 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/sb175/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Givens — primary (person)
- J. Carney — primary (person)
- J. Carney — primary (person)
- J. Carney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 89-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 36-1
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts Ch. 199) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532b5260-4ee5-40a1-a48f-42ffa8a2acfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).