Kentucky House Bill 128 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 12)
Status: Passed on April 11 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-11 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 187)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide to students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.

AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools.

Rep. DJ Johnson [R]	Rep. Danny Bentley [R]	Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Larry Brown [R]
Rep. Chris Fugate [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Richard Heath [R]
Rep. Dan Johnson [R]	Rep. Tim Moore [R]	Rep. Wesley Morgan [R]	Rep. Sal Santoro [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-11	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 187)
2017-03-30	House	delivered to Governor
2017-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-30	House	received in House
2017-03-29	Senate	3rd reading, passed 34-4
2017-03-29	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
2017-03-14	Senate	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
2017-03-08	Senate	returned to Education (S)
2017-03-08	Senate	1st reading
2017-03-08	Senate	taken from Education (S)
2017-02-27	Senate	to Education (S)
2017-02-24	Senate	received in Senate
2017-02-23	House	3rd reading, passed 80-14
2017-02-23	House	floor amendment (1) defeated
2017-02-23	House	3rd reading
2017-02-22	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017
2017-02-22	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-21	House	floor amendment (1) and (2) filed
2017-02-21	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2017-02-17	House	posted in committee
2017-02-07	House	to Education (H)
2017-01-04	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB128.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB128/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB128/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB128/HFA2.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB128/vote_history.pdf