---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the statewide education accountability system."
description: "Amend KRS 158.6453 to delete the tenth grade college admissions examination; amend KRS 158.6455 to add postsecondary readiness indicators to the statewide accountability system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Kentucky SB 59 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Wilson", "M. Wise"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01e9a48-1baf-4c0d-a963-6ae848ea9c75"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb59.html"
source_hash: "68d35d01bfcbeb2ab2c04d265471999a7357916aa29b3ff9fa758024bd643f3d"
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 59 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the statewide education accountability system.

Amend KRS 158.6453 to delete the tenth grade college admissions examination; amend KRS 158.6455 to add postsecondary readiness indicators to the statewide accountability system.

## 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/sb59/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0137.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb59/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 59 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- No Motion Provided — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 26, 2022
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Rules
- **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** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 137) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d01e9a48-1baf-4c0d-a963-6ae848ea9c75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).