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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to school pre-enrollment for military-connected students."
description: "Amend KRS 159.075 to allow the use of military orders as proof of residency for enrollment or course registration in a school and prohibit in-person enrollment or course registration when prevented due to official military duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 471"
citation: "Kentucky HB 471 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Military Affairs and Civil Defense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Freeland", "J. Gooch Jr.", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b1c5d1d-ad3a-4984-ab94-fff2a3760006"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb471.html"
source_hash: "609d30af2a30a54ceb0a4825548da1b8051b22d4337f82ae267cabe977da7957"
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 471 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to school pre-enrollment for military-connected students.
Amend KRS 159.075 to allow the use of military orders as proof of residency for enrollment or course registration in a school and prohibit in-person enrollment or course registration when prevented due to official military duties.
## 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/24RS/hb471/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0131.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb471/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS HB 471 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2024
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 131) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b1c5d1d-ad3a-4984-ab94-fff2a3760006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).