republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-1.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to education."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to provide the findings of the General Assembly relating to Jefferson County Public Schools; provide the General Assembly's determinations based on those findings; repeal and reenact KRS 160.370, relating to duties of superintendents and local boards of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Kentucky SB 1 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards And Commissions", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Education", "Elementary And Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Douglas", "D. Givens", "L. Tichenor", "M. Wilson", "S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec11a307-715d-4a1f-8eb5-2fc1703c2aef"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb1.html"
source_hash: "83e05bf2e1805af19d6cb8aa951537f2e0e32adc7da132584e5f02e61c644314"
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 1 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to education.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to provide the findings of the General Assembly relating to Jefferson County Public Schools; provide the General Assembly's determinations based on those findings; repeal and reenact KRS 160.370, relating to duties of superintendents and local boards of education.

## 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/26RS/sb1/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 153** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0153.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb1/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 1 w/ HFA 2 — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 1 — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **79–20** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **75–19** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 1 — **29–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)
- L. Tichenor — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 02 2026
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Primary and Secondary Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 75-19 with Floor Amendment (2) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (2)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (2)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-8 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-7 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-20 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 153) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec11a307-715d-4a1f-8eb5-2fc1703c2aef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).