---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the display of the national motto in public schools."
description: "AN ACT relating to the display of the national motto in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Kentucky HB 46 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "United States", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "C. Fugate", "D. Bentley", "J. Tipton", "K. Bratcher", "K. King", "M. Hart", "M. Marzian", "M. Prunty", "R. Heath", "R. Huff", "S. Lee", "S. Sheldon", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-08-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42c3fc87-fc5c-4dff-bb52-e821aa43e122"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb46.html"
source_hash: "574792bbb8358a3688c8d1c3a776a07681b76a44ce4867f00d9ed24bbacd0c5b"
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 46 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to the display of the national motto in public schools.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb46/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Marzian — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. Lee — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-16T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) defeated
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** passed 72-25 `passage`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-8 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 082) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42c3fc87-fc5c-4dff-bb52-e821aa43e122`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).