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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to disaster days for schools impacted by the western Kentucky tornadoes and declaring an emergency."
description: "Waive up to 15 student attendance days for days school districts were closed due to the western Kentucky tornado disaster; consider days waived under this Act as completed employment contract days for school personnel; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "Kentucky HB 397 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disasters", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Freeland", "J. Gooch Jr.", "L. Bechler", "M. Dossett", "M. Meredith", "M. Prunty", "N. Kirk-McCormick", "P. Minter", "R. Heath", "S. Sheldon", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09a1956-2241-48b0-8ec3-6019a53c3073"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb397.html"
source_hash: "c5eeee93fa10f6b6d1f1e90f0f3e4ece42be068dd17a27a68c890d969c39bc90"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---
# Kentucky HB 397 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to disaster days for schools impacted by the western Kentucky tornadoes and declaring an emergency.
Waive up to 15 student attendance days for days school districts were closed due to the western Kentucky tornado disaster; consider days waived under this Act as completed employment contract days for school personnel; EMERGENCY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb397/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 65** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0065.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb397/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 397 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
- P. Minter — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a09a1956-2241-48b0-8ec3-6019a53c3073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).