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Kentucky 2026RS

SB 46

AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Boards And Commissions, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Effective Dates, Emergency, Teachers, Transportation
Introduced / first action
2026-01-07 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 156.153 to permit schools to use non-school bus passenger vehicles designed for 10, instead of 9, or fewer passengers; limit statewide driver qualification, training, and drug testing requirements to drivers of non-school bus passenger vehicles along regular bus routes and permit local school boards to adopt district policies on the use of those vehicles to and from approved school activities; exclude parents transporting students to and from school pursuant to a compensation agreement from the requirements of the section; amend KRS 160.380 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 7)

    executive-signature

  2. delivered to Governor

  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage

  4. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage

  5. passed 36-0

    passage

  6. Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)

  7. posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)

  8. taken from Rules

  9. to Rules (S)

    referral-committee

  10. received in Senate

  11. 3rd reading, passed 87-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)

    passage, reading-3

  12. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026

  13. floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  14. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  15. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  16. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  17. to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

    referral-committee

  18. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  19. received in House

  20. 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

    passage, reading-3

  21. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 22, 2026

  22. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  23. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  24. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  25. to Education (S)

    referral-committee

  26. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  27. introduced in Senate

    introduction

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