Kentucky
General Assembly

01/07/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
01/09/25	to Education (S)
02/20/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/21/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
02/25/25	3rd reading, passed 31-6
02/26/25	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/28/25	floor amendment (1) filed
03/04/25	floor amendment (2) filed
03/05/25	to State Government (H)
03/06/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/07/25	2nd reading, to Rules recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/13/25	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute 3rd reading, passed 72-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in Senate to Rules (S)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.200 to detail the process by which local boards of education are authorized to permit pupils to attend moral instruction; require individuals or groups seeking to provide moral instruction to submit a request to a board and establish requirements to be included in request; require superintendents to submit individuals providing transportation or moral instruction for criminal history and clear CA/N background checks; establish that students attending moral instruction are counted in average daily attendance for SEEK funding; repeal KRS 158.210, 158.220, 158.230, 158.240, 158.250, and 158.260.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements Education, Finance - Moral instruction, public schools, SEEK funding Education, Vocational - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements Religion - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements Children and Minors - Moral instruction, public schools, requirements

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Petrie
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 19/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	A. Moore
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete requirements for pupils to remain seated and silent and make no distracting display during a moment of silence or reflection.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Moments of silence and reflection, requirements, deletion

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. Marzian
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.175 to replace the recitation of the traditional Lord's prayer in schools with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, preamble to the Constitution of the United States, recitation, include Religion - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	A. Moore
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete requirements for pupils to remain seated and silent, and to make no distracting display during a moment of silence or reflection.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Moments of silence and reflection, requirements, deletion.

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	D. Grossberg
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 158.175 to replace the recitation of the traditional Lord's prayer in schools with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school districts, preamble to the Constitution of the United States, recitation, include Religion - Local school districts, traditional Lord's prayer, recitation, removal