---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to Purple Star Schools."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define \"military-connected student\" and \"purple star school\"; establish the Purple Star School Program and set requirements for eligibility; designate the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs as the governing body of the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "Kentucky HB 469 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Children and Minors", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Military Affairs and Civil Defense", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fugate"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3561b64a-ef6b-4b0f-8ff9-c3d303c6ea88"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb469.html"
source_hash: "a5c31f49848969e8a3bd3f0d6d875dacd23117effcb3aaf6880efde58029ec08"
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 469 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to Purple Star Schools.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "military-connected student" and "purple star school"; establish the Purple Star School Program and set requirements for eligibility; designate the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs as the governing body of the program.

## 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/hb469/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 193** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0193.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb469/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 469 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fugate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 21, 2024
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, April 12, 2024
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 193) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3561b64a-ef6b-4b0f-8ff9-c3d303c6ea88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).