---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to financial literacy."
description: "Amend KRS 158.1411 to require one credit in financial literacy during the eleventh or twelfth grade for students entering grade nine during or after the 2026-2027 school year; direct minimum topics to be covered in the course; direct that the financial literacy course be accepted as a math, social studies, or elective course graduation requirement; require the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Kentucky Financial Empowerment Commission, to determine which courses meet the financial literacy course requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 342"
citation: "Kentucky HB 342 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Financial Responsibility", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a83b4a5-f6c2-4dda-8ed4-6083cb6c3d2d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb342.html"
source_hash: "c9fbcdaf80eb8318f8eb3d7762876a54b1078aa0cd1fc9923c0c9781c7be1c82"
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 342 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to financial literacy.

Amend KRS 158.1411 to require one credit in financial literacy during the eleventh or twelfth grade for students entering grade nine during or after the 2026-2027 school year; direct minimum topics to be covered in the course; direct that the financial literacy course be accepted as a math, social studies, or elective course graduation requirement; require the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Kentucky Financial Empowerment Commission, to determine which courses meet the financial literacy course requirement.

## 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/hb342/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0058.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb342/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 342 W/ scs1 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+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`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `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 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 89-0 `passage`
- **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
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 58) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a83b4a5-f6c2-4dda-8ed4-6083cb6c3d2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).