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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to school safety."
description: "Amend KRS 158.441 to include private and parochial schools; amend KRS 158.4414 to specify that private and parochial schools can enter memorandums of understanding with local law enforcement agencies or the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide school resource officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Kentucky HB 540 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54a1bcac-a48c-43fe-8aa0-a90f2a863593"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb540.html"
source_hash: "345e52bea808de72c2486dca17fe75baa80dd96fc3d8e95d5a16323df55026f9"
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 540 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to school safety.
Amend KRS 158.441 to include private and parochial schools; amend KRS 158.4414 to specify that private and parochial schools can enter memorandums of understanding with local law enforcement agencies or the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide school resource officers.
## 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/23RS/hb540/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0104.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb540/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 540 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 09, 2023
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 104) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54a1bcac-a48c-43fe-8aa0-a90f2a863593`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).