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Bill AN ACT relating to student safety. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting within his or her scope of duty; specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; amend KRS 158.442 to require the Center for School Safety to implement a system to certify guardians to school districts and administer and oversee the school mapping program; amend KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of "school resource officer"; amend 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified school resource officer is available as required; allow a district with a school resource officer to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures; amend KRS 158.4416 to define terms; make conforming changes; require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and submit the information to the Department of Education (KDE); require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the department to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; amend KRS 158.443 to conform; amend KRS 158.4451 to require the Office of Homeland Security to maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool; specify that each school district shall make available an anonymous reporting tool; provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amend KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time; make conforming changes; amend KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools; require school councils or principals to include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety; outline requirements of school mapping data; amend KRS 158.4412 to require the local school district's safety coordinator to maintain a current copy of school mapping data; amend KRS 61.637 to 78.5540 to conform. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2024RS SB 2 Kentucky SB 2 (2024RS)
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G. Elkins
L. Tichenor
M. Deneen
M. Wise
R. Mills
S. Funke Frommeyer
3 31 3 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 openstates ocd-bill/61724d0f-7b4f-4c49-8c69-2f7cc74be932 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb2.html 1247dc31fa611c762bb8bc603a314a5d4a7ff09ee6a64b907ee6421847f1ab49 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Kentucky SB 2 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to student safety.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting within his or her scope of duty; specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; amend KRS 158.442 to require the Center for School Safety to implement a system to certify guardians to school districts and administer and oversee the school mapping program; amend KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of "school resource officer"; amend 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified school resource officer is available as required; allow a district with a school resource officer to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures; amend KRS 158.4416 to define terms; make conforming changes; require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and submit the information to the Department of Education (KDE); require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the department to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; amend KRS 158.443 to conform; amend KRS 158.4451 to require the Office of Homeland Security to maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool; specify that each school district shall make available an anonymous reporting tool; provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amend KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time; make conforming changes; amend KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools; require school councils or principals to include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety; outline requirements of school mapping data; amend KRS 158.4412 to require the local school district's safety coordinator to maintain a current copy of school mapping data; amend KRS 61.637 to 78.5540 to conform.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 165 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Pass — pass (pass) · upper
  • FINAL PASS SB 2 W/ hcs1 — pass (pass) · upper
  • PASS SB 2 W/ scs1 sfa2 — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • D. Douglas — primary (person)
  • G. Elkins — primary (person)
  • L. Tichenor — primary (person)
  • M. Deneen — primary (person)
  • M. Wise — primary (person)
  • R. Mills — primary (person)
  • S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 05, 2024
  • 2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendments (1) and (3)
  • 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) passage
  • 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 70-27 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 passed 28-7 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
  • 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. 165) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61724d0f-7b4f-4c49-8c69-2f7cc74be932. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).