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