Kentucky
General Assembly

02/11/25	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/14/25	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
02/26/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/27/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
03/05/25	3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/06/25	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/07/25	to Education (S)
03/11/25	taken from Education (S) 1st reading returned to Education (S)
03/12/25	taken from Education (S) 2nd reading returned to Education (S)
03/13/25	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/27/25	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 27, 2025 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in House to Rules (H)
03/28/25	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passed 100-0 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; remove the requirement that the school district request the exemption from the Kentucky Board of Education; require that the safety instruction be provided prior to the use of district-owned school buses; require that failure to implement a mandatory instruction policy be grounds for the Kentucky Board of Education to revoke the school district's exemption.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Transportation - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Public Safety - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, school bus safety instruction requirements, establishment

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the operation of passenger vehicles used to transport students that are owned, leased, or privately contracted by school districts; require operators of a passenger vehicle that is owned, leased, or privately contracted by the district to transport students to possess a valid Class D operator's license; amend KRS 156.153 to require the regular inspection of school buses and passenger vehicles, but limit the inspection of non-daily use passenger vehicles to once every three months; EMERGENCY
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School district passenger vehicles, driver qualifications, regulation Education, Elementary and Secondary - School district passenger vehicles, inspection, requirement Effective Dates, Emergency - Kentucky Board of Education, school bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Effective Dates, Emergency - School district passenger vehicles, driver qualifications, regulation Transportation - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Transportation - School district passenger vehicles, driver qualifications, regulation Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Education, school district passenger vehicles Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Education, vehicle inspection, regulation Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, school district passenger vehicles Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, vehicle inspection, regulation

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. West
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 430/GA