republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-49.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 161.048, relating to alternative methods of teacher certification, to change the provisional certification period from two to four years for Option 6 and Option 7 for a total of five years; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 49	Kentucky SB 49 (2023RS)	bill	Education Elementary and Secondary Effective Dates Emergency Licensing Teachers	enacted		3	23	3	2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2bd5fb39-8579-4d80-81ad-16c3efdd2153	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb49.html	ea108a12fe5babdfc565978684cfbe21529ee64edcbccb3a750921037563a05c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 49 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 161.048, relating to alternative methods of teacher certification, to change the provisional certification period from two to four years for Option 6 and Option 7 for a total of five years; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 54 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE SB 49 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 49 — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 14, 2023
• 2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) 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
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 33 -0 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 54) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bd5fb39-8579-4d80-81ad-16c3efdd2153. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).