KY HB447 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch.35)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch.35)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned, leased, or contracted passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school and approved school activities under an alternative transportation plan approved by the Kentucky Department of Education, to provide that vehicles shall be operated by an employee or contractor of local school district who is licensed to operate a motor vehicle within the Commonwealth, and to provide that the department shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish minimum standards and specifications for an alternative transportation plan, including drug testing requirements that align with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. pt. 40; amends KRS 156.990 to provide that an individual who operates a school bus or non-school bus passenger vehicle to transport a student or students without a current valid license to operate that motor vehicle within the Commonwealth shall be guilty of a Class D felony; and amends KRS 160.380 to require that the driver of any non-school bus passenger vehicle authorized to transport students to and from school pursuant to the alternative transportation plan submit to designated background checks and drug testing and to require certain traffic offenses or arrests to be reported to the superintendent; EMERGENCY.
Title
AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
| Rep. Emily Callaway [R] | Rep. Jared Bauman [R] | Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R] | Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D] |
| Rep. Keturah Herron [D] | Rep. John Hodgson [R] | Rep. Jason Nemes [R] | Rep. Rachel Roarx [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 377 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2024-03-14 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa2 RSN# 3004 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 194 (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-03-14 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa2 RSN# 3004 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 194 (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-04 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch.35) |
| 2024-03-27 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-27 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-27 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-27 | House | passed 94-0 |
| 2024-03-27 | House | House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) |
| 2024-03-25 | House | posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-15 | House | to Rules (H) |
| 2024-03-15 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | 3rd reading |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2024 |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-03-01 | House | 3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 29, 2024 |
| 2024-02-28 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-02-27 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-08 | House | to Education (H) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings
Background Checks
Children and Minors
Crimes and Punishments
Education, Elementary and Secondary
Effective Dates, Emergency
State Agencies
Transportation
Background Checks
Children and Minors
Crimes and Punishments
Education, Elementary and Secondary
Effective Dates, Emergency
State Agencies
Transportation
