---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding."
description: "Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Kentucky HB 2 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Constitution", "Ky.", "County Clerks", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Finance", "Elections and Voting", "Local Mandate", "Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Osborne", "DJ Johnson", "J. Bauman", "J. Decker", "J. Nemes", "J. Tipton", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "R. White", "S. Baker", "S. Dietz", "S. McPherson", "S. Miles", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47759008-6ea0-44fb-9021-9384e1a79518"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb2.html"
source_hash: "4a3380c0c46c8b11e973352d55dc57c56bc86fe79089385706b548d63491aaf2"
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 2 (2024RS) — AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding.

Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

## 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/hb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0008.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb2/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Table — **fail** (fail) · lower
- PASS HB 2 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Strike enacting clause — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Motion to divide — **fail** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Bauman — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- R. White — primary (person)
- S. Baker — primary (person)
- S. Dietz — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 65-32 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 27-8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 8) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47759008-6ea0-44fb-9021-9384e1a79518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).