republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-46.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 156.153 to permit schools to use non-school bus passenger vehicles designed for 10, instead of 9, or fewer passengers; limit statewide driver qualification, training, and drug testing requirements to drivers of non-school bus passenger vehicles along regular bus routes and permit local school boards to adopt district policies on the use of those vehicles to and from approved school activities; exclude parents transporting students to and from school pursuant to a compensation agreement from the requirements of the section; amend KRS 160.380 to conform; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 46	Kentucky SB 46 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Education Elementary And Secondary Effective Dates Emergency Teachers Transportation	enacted	A. Reed B. Smith G. Elkins M. Deneen M. Nunn R. Girdler S. Madon	3	27	3	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ef9a1b4c-bb98-4c7a-a2b9-ab0c6d05717e	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb46.html	2e1f8219e61d485009ee89b838b4726290c4a96cd56a1b70e762ea1f9043463e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 46 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 156.153 to permit schools to use non-school bus passenger vehicles designed for 10, instead of 9, or fewer passengers; limit statewide driver qualification, training, and drug testing requirements to drivers of non-school bus passenger vehicles along regular bus routes and permit local school boards to adopt district policies on the use of those vehicles to and from approved school activities; exclude parents transporting students to and from school pursuant to a compensation agreement from the requirements of the section; amend KRS 160.380 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 7 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 87–2 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 46 w/ HCS 1, HFA 2 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 46 w scs 1 — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Reed — primary (person)
• B. Smith — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• R. Girdler — primary (person)
• S. Madon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Education (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 22, 2026
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 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 (1) 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 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 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 3rd reading, passed 87-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed 36-0 passage
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 7) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef9a1b4c-bb98-4c7a-a2b9-ab0c6d05717e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).