republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-535.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to civic education.	Amend KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the freshman class of 2025-2026, a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation; provide a list of required topics to be taught in a civic literacy course; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing the academic standards for civic literacy.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 535	Kentucky HB 535 (2024RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Boards and Commissions Education Elementary and Secondary	enacted	D. Hale J. Tipton R. Duvall R. Palumbo S. Lewis S. McPherson S. Sharp W. Thomas	3	23	2	2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/22cb830b-fa22-4d1e-8fe9-07c5a6811d37	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb535.html	723ca665f599115cef96e83ace36f49fc207ef58514400e89b77cbbae670d3bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 535 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to civic education.

Amend KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the freshman class of 2025-2026, a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation; provide a list of required topics to be taught in a civic literacy course; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing the academic standards for civic literacy.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 122 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 535 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Hale — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2024
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 77-13 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (1) Defeated
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-1 passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22cb830b-fa22-4d1e-8fe9-07c5a6811d37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).