republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-5.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "harmful to minors"; require local boards of education to adopt a complaint resolution policy to address parent complaints about materials that are harmful to minors; require the school to ensure that a student whose parent has filed a complaint does not have access to the material; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate model complaint resolution policy; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 5	Kentucky SB 5 (2023RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Children and Minors Education Elementary and Secondary Effective Dates Emergency Parental Rights	enacted		3	31	6	2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/60011591-2bfd-43d4-8930-e069881c1597	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb5.html	35024710ab630dd2ab148844fd43048a6ad2aa967b98d11a8e4551567b86ab2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 5 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "harmful to minors"; require local boards of education to adopt a complaint resolution policy to address parent complaints about materials that are harmful to minors; require the school to ensure that a student whose parent has filed a complaint does not have access to the material; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate model complaint resolution policy; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 120 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 5 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Suspend the Rules — fail (fail) · upper
• Suspend the Rules — fail (fail) · upper
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt — fail (fail) · upper
• Appeal the Ruling — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Education (S)
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Education (S)
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 29-4 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (4), (5-title), (6) and (7-title) filed
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) ruled not germane
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) defeated
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 80-18 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 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
• 2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 120) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60011591-2bfd-43d4-8930-e069881c1597. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).