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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 161.048, relating to alternative methods of teacher certification, to change the provisional certification period from two to four years for Option 6 and Option 7 for a total of five years; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Kentucky SB 49 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Licensing", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd5fb39-8579-4d80-81ad-16c3efdd2153"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb49.html"
source_hash: "ea108a12fe5babdfc565978684cfbe21529ee64edcbccb3a750921037563a05c"
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 SB 49 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 161.048, relating to alternative methods of teacher certification, to change the provisional certification period from two to four years for Option 6 and Option 7 for a total of five years; 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/23RS/sb49/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 54** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0054.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb49/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 49 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 49 — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 14, 2023
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `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
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 33 -0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 54) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd5fb39-8579-4d80-81ad-16c3efdd2153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).