republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/sb-19.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to permitted uses of time during the school day."
description: "Amend KRS 158.175 to require moments of silence or reflection at the start of each school day and establish guidelines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Kentucky SB 19 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b811380-7e97-4044-a9f9-85f816531d59"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb19.html"
source_hash: "adf58eaea139e66ae0e123c862907da23093e7808560652576b010ef3dc051c7"
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 19 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to permitted uses of time during the school day.

Amend KRS 158.175 to require moments of silence or reflection at the start of each school day and establish guidelines.

## 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/25RS/sb19/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0111.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb19/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **74–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 19 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **17–35** (fail) · upper
- Pass — **72–19** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **19–25** (fail) · upper
- PASS SB 19 — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **67–20** (pass) · upper
- Override Veto Final Passage SB 19 — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 72-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 26-10 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-8 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 74-17 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 111) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b811380-7e97-4044-a9f9-85f816531d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).