republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-695.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT establishing the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness pilot project."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to make legislative findings and declarations; establish definitions for the section; establish the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Project; establish the duration and terms of the pilot project; require the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the pilot project through selection of a service provider; establish the qualifications and duties of the service provider; require the department to submit a report by December 1, 2025, to the Legislative Research Commission that evaluates the pilot project; provide the required components of the report; authorize the department to implement the section to the extent that funds are available; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to select an entity that has already entered into a contract to provide substantially similar services to be selected as the provider for the pilot project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 695"
citation: "Kentucky HB 695 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Children and Minors", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Internet", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "C. Aull", "G. Brown Jr.", "J. Tipton", "K. Jackson", "K. Timoney", "L. Willner", "R. Roarx", "S. Lewis", "S. McPherson", "S. Riley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99a1b69e-74c6-4aa9-8345-3a0384bb94f1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb695.html"
source_hash: "fb03bebadd5063ea76f368aa7d1fe78a2866b5bcba79eea72d5728ba7a353126"
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 695 (2024RS) — AN ACT establishing the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness pilot project.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to make legislative findings and declarations; establish definitions for the section; establish the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Project; establish the duration and terms of the pilot project; require the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the pilot project through selection of a service provider; establish the qualifications and duties of the service provider; require the department to submit a report by December 1, 2025, to the Legislative Research Commission that evaluates the pilot project; provide the required components of the report; authorize the department to implement the section to the extent that funds are available; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to select an entity that has already entered into a contract to provide substantially similar services to be selected as the provider for the pilot project.

## 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/hb695/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 65** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0065.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb695/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 695 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- C. Aull — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Jackson — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- R. Roarx — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-7 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 `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
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+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/99a1b69e-74c6-4aa9-8345-3a0384bb94f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).