republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-540.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to school safety.	Amend KRS 158.441 to include private and parochial schools; amend KRS 158.4414 to specify that private and parochial schools can enter memorandums of understanding with local law enforcement agencies or the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide school resource officers.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 540	Kentucky HB 540 (2023RS)	bill	Education Elementary and Secondary Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Police City and County Police State Safety	enacted		3	24	2	2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/54a1bcac-a48c-43fe-8aa0-a90f2a863593	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb540.html	345e52bea808de72c2486dca17fe75baa80dd96fc3d8e95d5a16323df55026f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 540 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to school safety.

Amend KRS 158.441 to include private and parochial schools; amend KRS 158.4414 to specify that private and parochial schools can enter memorandums of understanding with local law enforcement agencies or the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide school resource officers.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 104 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE HB 540 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — 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
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 09, 2023
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37 -0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 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
• 2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 104) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54a1bcac-a48c-43fe-8aa0-a90f2a863593. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).