republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-101.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to children.	Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student intentionally causes physical injury to educational personnel at a school or school function; amend KRS 158.155 to require that school employees report attempted assault of any school employee to law enforcement; amend KRS 158.990 to provide for penalties for any person who intentionally violates KRS 158.155; amend KRS 610.200 to provide that a peace officer is not required to retain custody of a child for a felony violation of assault in the third degree; amend KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 14 years of age or older who is charged with a felony violation of assault in the third degree may be tried as an adult.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 101	Kentucky SB 101 (2026RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crimes And Punishments Education Elementary And Secondary	enacted	A. Mays Bledsoe A. Reed B. Smith C. Richardson D. Douglas G. Boswell G. Elkins G. Williams L. Tichenor M. Deneen M. Nunn M. Wise P. Wheeler R. Mills S. Funke Frommeyer S. Madon S. Rawlings	3	28	4	2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a3acbb93-e2de-4f8b-8622-03e31b6de6a6	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb101.html	aed66235acaf2555a67dd3def514a2a6220322ce343e85d47cbef5ca4f9c02ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 101 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to children.

Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student intentionally causes physical injury to educational personnel at a school or school function; amend KRS 158.155 to require that school employees report attempted assault of any school employee to law enforcement; amend KRS 158.990 to provide for penalties for any person who intentionally violates KRS 158.155; amend KRS 610.200 to provide that a peace officer is not required to retain custody of a child for a felony violation of assault in the third degree; amend KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 14 years of age or older who is charged with a felony violation of assault in the third degree may be tried as an adult.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 50 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 84–5 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 101 w/ SCS 1 — 27–10 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 101 w/ HCS 1, HFA 2, HFA 3, HFA 5 — 32–6 (pass) · upper
• Adopt — 45–24 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
• A. Reed — primary (person)
• B. Smith — primary (person)
• C. Richardson — primary (person)
• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• G. Boswell — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• G. Williams — primary (person)
• L. Tichenor — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• M. Wise — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)
• S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)
• S. Madon — primary (person)
• S. Rawlings — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 27-10 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 84-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (5), (3) and (2) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (2), (3) and (5)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (2), (3) and (5)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-6 passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 50) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3acbb93-e2de-4f8b-8622-03e31b6de6a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).