---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public school transportation."
description: "Amend KRS 158.110 to require local school boards to adopt a transportation services policy; amend KRS 158.148, relating to school district discipline guidelines, to require the Kentucky Department of Education to create a model transportation services policy; detail required provision of local board transportation services policies; create process for operators of transportation to report, be heard during proceedings, and receive a response regarding misconduct by students aboard transportation and also by parents or guardians; permit revocation of transportation privileges based on failure to acknowledge transportation services policy; amend KRS 158.445 to require inclusion of the transportation services policy in district safety plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Kentucky HB 446 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Vocational", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Callaway", "J. Bauman", "J. Hodgson", "J. Nemes", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming", "K. Herron", "R. Roarx"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee320aa6-406f-4895-b217-1e733b431389"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb446.html"
source_hash: "4372855bd05492632ac45f4b519951899a111dc7cbf43b4c91014e4eaa5c5fc2"
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 446 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to public school transportation.

Amend KRS 158.110 to require local school boards to adopt a transportation services policy; amend KRS 158.148, relating to school district discipline guidelines, to require the Kentucky Department of Education to create a model transportation services policy; detail required provision of local board transportation services policies; create process for operators of transportation to report, be heard during proceedings, and receive a response regarding misconduct by students aboard transportation and also by parents or guardians; permit revocation of transportation privileges based on failure to acknowledge transportation services policy; amend KRS 158.445 to require inclusion of the transportation services policy in district safety plans.

## 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/24RS/hb446/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0009.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb446/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 446 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Callaway — primary (person)
- J. Bauman — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Herron — primary (person)
- R. Roarx — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 26, 2024
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.9) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee320aa6-406f-4895-b217-1e733b431389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).