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Bill AN ACT relating to schools and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 160.145, relating to unauthorized electronic communicating in schools, to expand existing definitions and define "private electronic communication," "qualified school volunteer," and "commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation"; limit the scope of unauthorized electronic communication to private electronic communication, and exclude designated types of communication from the scope of the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating outside of the traceable communication system; include designated Kentucky Department of Education and educational cooperative employees assigned to a school district to the scope of the requirement to obtain written consent; limit the scope of school volunteers subject to this section to qualified school volunteers; specify that the requirement to obtain written parental consent only applies to students enrolled within the same school district as the school district employee or qualified school volunteer; allow a local school district more flexibility in disciplinary actions arising from a violation of this section; allow a written parental consent form to designate more than 1 school district employee or qualified school volunteer; provide that the written consent may be revoked by the parent who filed the consent; require notice of the revocation to be sent to the identified school district employee or qualified school volunteer; prohibit a school or school district from refusing to accept parental consent forms; prohibit requiring parental consent forms under this section as a requirement for a student to participate in an academic, athletic, or extracurricular opportunity; provide an emergency exception to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the individual discloses the communication after the fact; provide exceptions to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent during and in direct relation to a fieldtrip or work-based learning opportunity; provide exceptions to permit a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the communication is directly related to a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation that has been previously disclosed; permit school district employees to notify a school district of a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation; require reasonable belief to trigger a duty to report unauthorized electronic communication; require parental notification for all material phases of an investigation of or disciplinary actions arising from unauthorized electronic communication with students; permit a school district to reconsider allowing previously prohibited volunteers; EMERGENCY. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2026RS HB 67 Kentucky HB 67 (2026RS)
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S. Rudy
T. Hampton
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Kentucky HB 67 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to schools and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 160.145, relating to unauthorized electronic communicating in schools, to expand existing definitions and define "private electronic communication," "qualified school volunteer," and "commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation"; limit the scope of unauthorized electronic communication to private electronic communication, and exclude designated types of communication from the scope of the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating outside of the traceable communication system; include designated Kentucky Department of Education and educational cooperative employees assigned to a school district to the scope of the requirement to obtain written consent; limit the scope of school volunteers subject to this section to qualified school volunteers; specify that the requirement to obtain written parental consent only applies to students enrolled within the same school district as the school district employee or qualified school volunteer; allow a local school district more flexibility in disciplinary actions arising from a violation of this section; allow a written parental consent form to designate more than 1 school district employee or qualified school volunteer; provide that the written consent may be revoked by the parent who filed the consent; require notice of the revocation to be sent to the identified school district employee or qualified school volunteer; prohibit a school or school district from refusing to accept parental consent forms; prohibit requiring parental consent forms under this section as a requirement for a student to participate in an academic, athletic, or extracurricular opportunity; provide an emergency exception to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the individual discloses the communication after the fact; provide exceptions to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent during and in direct relation to a fieldtrip or work-based learning opportunity; provide exceptions to permit a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the communication is directly related to a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation that has been previously disclosed; permit school district employees to notify a school district of a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation; require reasonable belief to trigger a duty to report unauthorized electronic communication; require parental notification for all material phases of an investigation of or disciplinary actions arising from unauthorized electronic communication with students; permit a school district to reconsider allowing previously prohibited volunteers; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 129 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 67 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 85–0 (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 67 w/ SCS 1, SFA 1 — 36–0 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • B. McCool — primary (person)
  • D. Grossberg — primary (person)
  • J. Decker — primary (person)
  • J. Payne — primary (person)
  • K. Holloway — primary (person)
  • P. Flannery — primary (person)
  • S. Rudy — primary (person)
  • T. Hampton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
  • 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 85-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for receding from Senate Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37-0 passage
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 92-0 passage
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77dd7747-4dff-4257-87b2-c46aaede2d4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).

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