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Bill AN ACT relating to truancy. Amend KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to file with the county attorney a complaint against a parent or guardian who has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without excuse for 15 or more days; allow the director of pupil personnel, after consultation with the court designated worker, to refer the case to the family, accountability, intervention, and response team; amend KRS 610.030 to require that a diversion agreement for a child against whom a complaint alleging truancy has been filed shall require that if the child is absent without excuse two or more times during the diversion, the child will be considered to have failed diversion and the matter shall be immediately referred to the county attorney. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2024RS HB 611 Kentucky HB 611 (2024RS)
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Attorney
County
Children and Minors
Education
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C. Fugate
D. Hale
J. Bauman
J. Tipton
K. Jackson
S. Lewis
S. Riley
T. Truett
3 23 3 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 openstates ocd-bill/100d39f0-4caf-4a9b-9d58-f9e7fa426d9a https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb611.html 90678b583df3d8d153f2a6dd769d4a2dd7bd04a432842b70df683eec57d5265d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Kentucky HB 611 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to truancy.

Amend KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to file with the county attorney a complaint against a parent or guardian who has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without excuse for 15 or more days; allow the director of pupil personnel, after consultation with the court designated worker, to refer the case to the family, accountability, intervention, and response team; amend KRS 610.030 to require that a diversion agreement for a child against whom a complaint alleging truancy has been filed shall require that if the child is absent without excuse two or more times during the diversion, the child will be considered to have failed diversion and the matter shall be immediately referred to the county attorney.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 163 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Pass — pass (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 611 — pass (pass) · lower
  • Adopt — fail (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • C. Fugate — primary (person)
  • D. Hale — primary (person)
  • J. Bauman — primary (person)
  • J. Tipton — primary (person)
  • K. Jackson — primary (person)
  • S. Lewis — primary (person)
  • S. Riley — primary (person)
  • T. Truett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
  • 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2024
  • 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (2) defeated
  • 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 passed 79-15 with Floor Amendment (1) passage
  • 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
  • 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
  • 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+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 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
  • 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 163) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/100d39f0-4caf-4a9b-9d58-f9e7fa426d9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).