---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to student safety."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting within his or her scope of duty; specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; amend KRS 158.442 to require the Center for School Safety to implement a system to certify guardians to school districts and administer and oversee the school mapping program; amend KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of \"school resource officer\"; amend 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified school resource officer is available as required; allow a district with a school resource officer to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures; amend KRS 158.4416 to define terms; make conforming changes; require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and submit the information to the Department of Education (KDE); require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the department to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; amend KRS 158.443 to conform; amend KRS 158.4451 to require the Office of Homeland Security to maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool; specify that each school district shall make available an anonymous reporting tool; provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amend KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time; make conforming changes; amend KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools; require school councils or principals to include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety; outline requirements of school mapping data; amend KRS 158.4412 to require the local school district's safety coordinator to maintain a current copy of school mapping data; amend KRS 61.637 to 78.5540 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Kentucky SB 2 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actuarial Analysis", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "G. Elkins", "L. Tichenor", "M. Deneen", "M. Wise", "R. Mills", "S. Funke Frommeyer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61724d0f-7b4f-4c49-8c69-2f7cc74be932"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb2.html"
source_hash: "1247dc31fa611c762bb8bc603a314a5d4a7ff09ee6a64b907ee6421847f1ab49"
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 2 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to student safety.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting within his or her scope of duty; specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; amend KRS 158.442 to require the Center for School Safety to implement a system to certify guardians to school districts and administer and oversee the school mapping program; amend KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of "school resource officer"; amend 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified school resource officer is available as required; allow a district with a school resource officer to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures; amend KRS 158.4416 to define terms; make conforming changes; require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and submit the information to the Department of Education (KDE); require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the department to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; amend KRS 158.443 to conform; amend KRS 158.4451 to require the Office of Homeland Security to maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool; specify that each school district shall make available an anonymous reporting tool; provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amend KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time; make conforming changes; amend KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools; require school councils or principals to include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety; outline requirements of school mapping data; amend KRS 158.4412 to require the local school district's safety coordinator to maintain a current copy of school mapping data; amend KRS 61.637 to 78.5540 to conform.

## 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/sb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 165** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0165.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb2/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 2 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 2 W/ scs1 sfa2 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- L. Tichenor — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendments (1) and (3)
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) `passage`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 70-27 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 28-7 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 165) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61724d0f-7b4f-4c49-8c69-2f7cc74be932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).