---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to civic education."
description: "Amend KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the freshman class of 2025-2026, a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation; provide a list of required topics to be taught in a civic literacy course; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing the academic standards for civic literacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 535"
citation: "Kentucky HB 535 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Hale", "J. Tipton", "R. Duvall", "R. Palumbo", "S. Lewis", "S. McPherson", "S. Sharp", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22cb830b-fa22-4d1e-8fe9-07c5a6811d37"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb535.html"
source_hash: "723ca665f599115cef96e83ace36f49fc207ef58514400e89b77cbbae670d3bf"
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 535 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to civic education.

Amend KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the freshman class of 2025-2026, a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation; provide a list of required topics to be taught in a civic literacy course; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing the academic standards for civic literacy.

## 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/hb535/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0122.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb535/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 535 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- R. Duvall — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Sharp — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 77-13 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) Defeated
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-1 `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22cb830b-fa22-4d1e-8fe9-07c5a6811d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).