Kentucky Senate Bill 4

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on April 14 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-14 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 154)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "department" and "principal"; establish the principal leadership development practicum; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and operate the practicum and outline the required components of the practicum; allow for substitution of practicum hours for hours of instruction required by the effective instructional leadership program; begin the practicum requirements with the 2027-2028 school year; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations for the operation of the practicum; amend KRS 156.101 to conform; amend KRS 161.207 to remove references to the principal internship program and make conforming changes to initial principal certification process; amend KRS 156.492 to remove an outdated reference; require the Kentucky Department of Education to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026, setting out the implementation plan for the practicum.

AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Sen. Steve West [R]	Sen. David Givens [R]	Sen. Matthew Deneen [R]	Sen. Donald Douglas [R]
Sen. Robert Mills [R]	Sen. Gerald Neal [D]	Sen. Lindsey Tichenor [R]	Sen. Mike Wilson [R]
Sen. George Wise [R]

2026-04-14 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 476 (Y: 78 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Senate - Senate: Veto Override RSN# 4146 (Y: 30 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-01 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 4131 (Y: 28 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-04-01 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 430 (Y: 72 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-03-20 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 304 (Y: 74 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2026-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3807 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-14	Senate	delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 154)
2026-04-14	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2026-04-14	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2026-04-14	Senate	passed 78-19
2026-04-14	Senate	veto overridden
2026-04-14	Senate	posted for consideration of Governor's veto
2026-04-14	Senate	taken from Rules (H)
2026-04-14	Senate	to Rules (H)
2026-04-14	Senate	received in House
2026-04-14	House	passed 30-8
2026-04-14	House	veto overridden
2026-04-14	House	posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
2026-04-14	House	to Rules (S)
2026-04-14	House	received in Senate
2026-04-13	Senate	Vetoed
2026-04-01	Senate	delivered to Governor
2026-04-01	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2026-04-01	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2026-04-01	Senate	passed 28-7
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	taken from Rules
2026-04-01	Senate	to Rules (S)
2026-04-01	Senate	received in Senate
2026-04-01	House	passed 72-21
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	Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
2026-04-01	House	Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2026-04-01	House	Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
2026-04-01	House	Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
2026-03-25	House	Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2026-03-25	House	House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-25	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2026-03-25	House	taken from Rules
2026-03-24	House	to Rules (H)
2026-03-24	House	received in House
2026-03-24	Senate	Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-24	Senate	posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-24	Senate	taken from Rules
2026-03-24	Senate	to Rules (S)
2026-03-24	Senate	received in Senate
2026-03-20	House	3rd reading, passed 74-15 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-19	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
2026-03-19	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2026-03-19	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-03-18	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-05	House	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
2026-02-10	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-02-10	House	received in House
2026-02-09	Senate	3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-02-06	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 09 2026
2026-02-06	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-02-05	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-01-28	Senate	to Education (S)
2026-01-27	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2026-01-27	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb4.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb4/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb4/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0154.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/SB4/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/SB4/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/SB4/HCA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/SB4/HFA1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb4/vote_history.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/SB4/CCR1.pdf