Kentucky Senate Bill 152

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2026 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-20 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 160.345 to define "school-based policy"; require that principals provide monthly and annual reports to the local board of education; set notice requirements for school advisory council elections; establish that a superintendent selects the principals for the school district; require that all school-based policies be reviewed and approved by the local board before implementation and provide exceptions; amend KRS 160.370 to permit county school districts with more than 15,000 students to delegate the approval of school-based policies; amend KRS 158.1415 to permit a local school board to adopt a curriculum for human sexuality; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 7, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 164, and 605 to transfer duties of school-based decision making councils to advisory councils and principals and to conform.

AN ACT relating to education.

Sen. Aaron Reed [R]	Sen. Steve West [R]	Sen. Donald Douglas [R]	Sen. David Givens [R]
Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]	Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R]	Sen. Gex Williams [R]

2026-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3838 (Y: 27 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-20	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-02-20	House	received in House
2026-02-19	Senate	3rd reading, passed 27-11 with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-02-13	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 19 2026
2026-02-13	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-02-12	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-02-11	Senate	to Education (S)
2026-02-02	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2026-02-02	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb152.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb152/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb152/bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/SB152/SCS1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb152/vote_history.pdf