---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to preschool education."
description: "Amend KRS 157.3175 to remove the requirement that a preschool program proposal include a certification from a Head Start director that the Head Start program is fully utilized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "Kentucky SB 60 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Wise"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fec6e227-d12e-46d7-9760-9188dd83ce67"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb60.html"
source_hash: "b66ced19d09a15790a8ffedc9a49091dd6a62f1e7cb3bbbc3d3acc68ff0c51fa"
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 60 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to preschool education.

Amend KRS 157.3175 to remove the requirement that a preschool program proposal include a certification from a Head Start director that the Head Start program is fully utilized.

## 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/sb60/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0190.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb60/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 60 W/ scs 1 sfa 1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 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`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 02, 2022
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 27-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (H)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (H)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-8 `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
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State `became-law`
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 190) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fec6e227-d12e-46d7-9760-9188dd83ce67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).