republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-538.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to discipline of students.	Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student makes threats that pose a danger to other students or staff; require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring disciplinary actions for a student who assaults other students or staff off campus property; allow a local school board to place a student in an alternative education setting in lieu of expulsion, or at the end of an expulsion; allow a teacher to remove a disruptive student from the classroom; provide that a student who is removed from a classroom three times in 30 days shall be considered chronically disruptive and may be suspended; provide that a principal may permanently remove a disruptive student from a classroom and determine the placement of the student, subject to an appeal process; require a local board of education to conduct an expulsion review process to determine whether a student's expulsion shall continue or end.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 538	Kentucky HB 538 (2023RS)	bill	Children and Minors Education Elementary and Secondary Teachers	enacted		3	27	3	2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7947a83e-1484-40b3-a9b0-65785c46864e	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb538.html	9cfedc63d65af154ebaa5104e67e49b39bd7fed216bf74fd7aa6265e71198d7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 538 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to discipline of students.

Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student makes threats that pose a danger to other students or staff; require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring disciplinary actions for a student who assaults other students or staff off campus property; allow a local school board to place a student in an alternative education setting in lieu of expulsion, or at the end of an expulsion; allow a teacher to remove a disruptive student from the classroom; provide that a student who is removed from a classroom three times in 30 days shall be considered chronically disruptive and may be suspended; provide that a principal may permanently remove a disruptive student from a classroom and determine the placement of the student, subject to an appeal process; require a local board of education to conduct an expulsion review process to determine whether a student's expulsion shall continue or end.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 76 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 538 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 89-6 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 34 -3 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 85-11 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 76) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7947a83e-1484-40b3-a9b0-65785c46864e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).