Kentucky House Bill 67

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Passed on April 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 160.145, relating to unauthorized electronic communicating in schools, to expand existing definitions and define "private electronic communication," "qualified school volunteer," and "commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation"; limit the scope of unauthorized electronic communication to private electronic communication, and exclude designated types of communication from the scope of the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating outside of the traceable communication system; include designated Kentucky Department of Education and educational cooperative employees assigned to a school district to the scope of the requirement to obtain written consent; limit the scope of school volunteers subject to this section to qualified school volunteers; specify that the requirement to obtain written parental consent only applies to students enrolled within the same school district as the school district employee or qualified school volunteer; allow a local school district more flexibility in disciplinary actions arising from a violation of this section; allow a written parental consent form to designate more than 1 school district employee or qualified school volunteer; provide that the written consent may be revoked by the parent who filed the consent; require notice of the revocation to be sent to the identified school district employee or qualified school volunteer; prohibit a school or school district from refusing to accept parental consent forms; prohibit requiring parental consent forms under this section as a requirement for a student to participate in an academic, athletic, or extracurricular opportunity; provide an emergency exception to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the individual discloses the communication after the fact; provide exceptions to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent during and in direct relation to a fieldtrip or work-based learning opportunity; provide exceptions to permit a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the communication is directly related to a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation that has been previously disclosed; permit school district employees to notify a school district of a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation; require reasonable belief to trigger a duty to report unauthorized electronic communication; require parental notification for all material phases of an investigation of or disciplinary actions arising from unauthorized electronic communication with students; permit a school district to reconsider allowing previously prohibited volunteers; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to schools and declaring an emergency.

Rep. J.T. Payne [R]	Rep. Patrick Flannery [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]
Rep. Tony Hampton [R]	Rep. Kimberly Holloway [R]	Rep. Bobby McCool [R]	Rep. Steven Rudy [R]

2026-04-01 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 428 (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2026-04-01 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 4123 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-27 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 4029 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-03-06 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 212 (Y: 85 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 15) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-13	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129)
2026-04-01	House	delivered to Governor
2026-04-01	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2026-04-01	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2026-04-01	House	passed 92-0
2026-04-01	House	Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
2026-04-01	House	posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
2026-04-01	House	taken from Rules
2026-04-01	House	to Rules (H)
2026-04-01	House	received in House
2026-04-01	Senate	passed 37-0
2026-04-01	Senate	Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
2026-04-01	Senate	Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2026-04-01	Senate	posted for passage for receding from Senate Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1)
2026-04-01	Senate	to Rules (S)
2026-04-01	Senate	received in Senate
2026-03-31	House	House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2026-03-31	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2026-03-31	House	to Rules (H)
2026-03-31	House	received in House
2026-03-27	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2026-03-26	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
2026-03-24	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2026-03-20	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-03-19	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-03-18	Senate	to Education (S)
2026-03-09	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2026-03-09	Senate	received in Senate
2026-03-06	House	3rd reading, passed 85-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2026-03-05	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
2026-03-05	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2026-03-05	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-03-04	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-02-20	House	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
2026-02-12	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-02-12	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb67.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb67/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb67/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0129.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB67/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB67/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB67/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB67/SFA1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb67/vote_history.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB67/CCR1.pdf