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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Kentucky SB 8 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Punishments", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Mental Health", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5f72b4-a1d4-493a-be8b-23534b6a94ef"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb8.html"
source_hash: "0308877e8a69cc51701bf939576d8623d5213a316059426699ca3291e12d4cbc"
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 8 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an 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/20RS/sb8/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb8/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · upper
- PASS SB 8 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January, 27, 2020
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) defeated
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** passed 34-1 `passage`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 6, 2020
- **2020-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (3) defeated
- **2020-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed 78-8 `passage`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 5) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f5f72b4-a1d4-493a-be8b-23534b6a94ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).