---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 159.035 to require that beginning with the 2021-2022 school year a student shall be considered present at school while participating in any of the page programs of the General Assembly; allow one day as an excused absence for attendance at the State Fair; amend KRS 158.070 and 158.649 to conform; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 517"
citation: "Kentucky HB 517 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "J. Calloway", "J. Petrie", "K. King", "K. Moser", "L. Willner", "R. Bridges", "R. Huff", "S. Lewis", "S. Riley", "T. Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8099c413-dd8b-4f81-b59a-f521d77210ff"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb517.html"
source_hash: "45bca49198b06c985b15d3bad7529477c2746eb01c606ab237873b9fee8d7d2d"
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 517 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 159.035 to require that beginning with the 2021-2022 school year a student shall be considered present at school while participating in any of the page programs of the General Assembly; allow one day as an excused absence for attendance at the State Fair; amend KRS 158.070 and 158.649 to conform; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb517/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0168.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb517/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 517 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- J. Calloway — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 03, 2022
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 92-2 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 168) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8099c413-dd8b-4f81-b59a-f521d77210ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).