---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to technology in public schools."
description: "Amend KRS 158.165 to require local boards of education to adopt a policy to, at a minimum, prohibit student use of a personal telecommunications device during the school day with specific exceptions; amend KRS 156.675 to include social media in prohibited material to be made inaccessible through school technology and provide the scope of social media to be prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "Kentucky HB 208 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Technology", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8faecd3-a1d9-4ffb-859e-1a5a5d64895e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb208.html"
source_hash: "49061b462823a89cbefa051ada8c2f641a807f9f2942fe7482433f807bd7ce3c"
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 208 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to technology in public schools.

Amend KRS 158.165 to require local boards of education to adopt a policy to, at a minimum, prohibit student use of a personal telecommunications device during the school day with specific exceptions; amend KRS 156.675 to include social media in prohibited material to be made inaccessible through school technology and provide the scope of social media to be prohibited.

## 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/25RS/hb208/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0090.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb208/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 208 — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Primary and Secondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8faecd3-a1d9-4ffb-859e-1a5a5d64895e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).