republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-265.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 161.048 to modify the Option 7 alternative teacher certification pathway; remove some initial candidate requirements; allow provisional certification upon qualifying and enrolling in an approved institute; establish the conditions for receiving a professional certificate.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	SB 265	Kentucky SB 265 (2024RS)	bill	Education Elementary and Secondary Occupations and Professions State Agencies Teachers	enacted	M. Deneen S. West	3	23	3	2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7fde454c-2fd3-4d62-a48f-1e93fe944233	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb265.html	a37d8f9b4b074235904db0105eb3144868303e311163b3728f2d6a659d60d3ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 265 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 161.048 to modify the Option 7 alternative teacher certification pathway; remove some initial candidate requirements; allow provisional certification upon qualifying and enrolling in an approved institute; establish the conditions for receiving a professional certificate.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 124 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASS SB 265 W/ hcs1 hfa1 — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 265 W/ scs1 scta1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• S. West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-23T05:00:00+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) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 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 Wednesday, March 06, 2024
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 124) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fde454c-2fd3-4d62-a48f-1e93fe944233. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).