republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-247.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to transient public school students.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring eligible students to have the option to remain in the same school when changing residence within the same school district; define "eligible student"; require the school district to provide transportation to the school from the student's new residence.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 247	Kentucky SB 247 (2023RS)	bill	Children and Minors Education Elementary and Secondary	enacted		3	26	3	2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5b01bd03-7603-4535-a7e9-7c577620b1ec	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb247.html	0fb6e97fc21cce3767ccf147c1de71d68f0a792ac0e76bf3ea3af7dbd6f10d6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 247 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to transient public school students.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring eligible students to have the option to remain in the same school when changing residence within the same school district; define "eligible student"; require the school district to provide transportation to the school from the student's new residence.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 158 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 247 W/ sfa1 — pass (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASS SB 247 W/ hfa1 — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 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 36-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1)
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (1)
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37 -0 passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 158) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b01bd03-7603-4535-a7e9-7c577620b1ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).