republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2020rs/sb-79.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to school background checks.	AN ACT relating to school background checks.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2020RS	SB 79	Kentucky SB 79 (2020RS)	bill	Education Elementary and Secondary State Agencies State Employees Teachers Children and Minors Background Checks	enacted		2	18	2	2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2020-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/88a432fa-594c-4c0f-9598-70bd58035b0d	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb79.html	5ac1569054f18fc88a5d406d3e805a556601c04895893a612780145ec1e97acc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 79 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to school background checks.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 79 W/ scs 1 — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 28, 2020
• 2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2020-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88a432fa-594c-4c0f-9598-70bd58035b0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).