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| Bill | AN ACT relating to civics education in public schools. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare or approve the test with 100 questions drawn from the test administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens, and to disseminate the test to all public school districts; allow students the opportunity to retake the test as often as needed in order to pass; set the passing score at 60% of the total questions answered correctly; make these requirements subject to the accomodations for special needs students with individualized education programs as defined in KRS 158.281 or Section 504 Plans as defined in KRS 156.027. | AN ACT relating to civics education in public schools. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare or approve the test with 100 questions drawn from the test administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens, and to disseminate the test to all public school districts; allow students the opportunity to retake the test as often as needed in order to pass; set the passing score at 60% of the total questions answered correctly; make these requirements subject to the accomodations for special needs students with individualized education programs as defined in KRS 158.281 or Section 504 Plans as defined in KRS 156.027. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2017RS | SB 159 | Kentucky SB 159 (2017RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2017-02-10 | 2017-03-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/7544bf6c-8a4b-423e-96c0-6dcd8ceacc76 | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB159.htm | 1e7ef9c8777f15299671380fa71741c3b10b05f3bce841efa9b9e189d4cfeb4d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky SB 159 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to civics education in public schools. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare or approve the test with 100 questions drawn from the test administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens, and to disseminate the test to all public school districts; allow students the opportunity to retake the test as often as needed in order to pass; set the passing score at 60% of the total questions answered correctly; make these requirements subject to the accomodations for special needs students with individualized education programs as defined in KRS 158.281 or Section 504 Plans as defined in KRS 156.027.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
- Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
- SB 159 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-10 Introduced in Senate
introduction - 2017-02-13 To Education (S)
referral-committee - 2017-02-16 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
reading-1 - 2017-02-17 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2017-02-22 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017
- 2017-02-23 3rd reading, passed 37-1
reading-3, passage - 2017-02-23 Received in House
- 2017-02-27 To Education (H)
referral-committee - 2017-03-01 Posted in committee
- 2017-03-03 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
reading-1 - 2017-03-06 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2017-03-06 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- 2017-03-07 Floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction - 2017-03-14 3rd reading, passed 79-15 with floor amendment (1)
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-14 Received in Senate
- 2017-03-15 To Rules (S)
referral-committee - 2017-03-15 Posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (1) for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- 2017-03-15 Senate concurred in House floor amendment (1)
- 2017-03-15 Bill passed 36-2
- 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- 2017-03-15 Delivered to Governor
- 2017-03-27 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 109)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7544bf6c-8a4b-423e-96c0-6dcd8ceacc76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).