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Senate Bill 170

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Last Action 02/25/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title AN ACT relating to status offenses.
Bill Documents Current
Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements Local Mandate
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number 1123
Sponsors B. Storm, M. Nunn
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to establish a pilot program to be known as the Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program for children who are truant; require the pilot program to be established in no less than 10 public school districts; establish the responsive interventions to support and empower teams; establish criteria for participation and procedure for the program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to establish the duties of the director of pupil personnel in school districts that are participating in the pilot program; amend KRS 159.140 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require schools to collect certain data relating to habitual truancy and require the Kentucky Department of Education to annually report data relating to habitual truancy to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary; amend KRS 610.030 to require the use of an evidence-based family screening tool to identify family strengths, needs, and risks; create family diversion plans and require a child's parent to participate; amend KRS 605.030 to require a court-designated worker to coordinate the pilot program in the school districts that participate; amend KRS 17.125 to allow responsive interventions to support and empower teams to access information on juveniles involved with the juvenile justice system; amend KRS 600.020 to amend the definition of "habitual truant" and define "Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program" or "SOAR Program" and "Responsive Interventions to Support and Empower Teams" or "RISE teams"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 630 to provide that a child who is alleged to be a status offender, adjudicated a status offender, or is a status offender alleged or found to have violated a valid court order shall not be detained in a secure detention facility until the child is at least 16 years old; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 630.100.
Index Headings of Original Version Children And Minors - Habitual truancy, family diversion plan, requirements
Children And Minors - Status offender, detention, requirements
Children And Minors - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project
Courts - Habitual truancy, family diversion plan, requirements
Courts - Status offender, detention, requirements
Courts - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project
Criminal Procedure - Habitual truancy, family diversion plan, requirements
Criminal Procedure - Status offender, detention, requirements
Criminal Procedure - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Habitual truancy, family diversion plan, requirements
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project
Reports Mandated - Department of Education, habitual truancy records
Local Mandate - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project
Jump to Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements
Senate Floor Amendment 1
Senate Floor Amendment 2
Senate Floor Amendment 3
Votes Vote History

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02/06/26
  • introduced in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
02/11/26
  • to Judiciary (S)
02/19/26
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/20/26
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
  • floor amendment (1) filed to bill, floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
02/23/26
  • floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
02/24/26
  • 3rd reading
  • floor amendment (1) withdrawn
  • passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (2) and (3)
02/25/26
  • received in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions, except repeal KRS 605.035 regarding the creation of the family accountability, intervention, and response teams; amend various other sections to conform; provide that a child who is alleged to be a status offender, adjudicated a status offender, or is a status offender alleged or found to have violated a valid court order shall not be detained in a secure detention facility until the child is at least 14 years old; make technical changes.
Index Headings Attorney, County - Family accountability, intervention, and response teams, repeal
Children And Minors - Family accountability, intervention, and response teams, repeal
Children And Minors - Status offender, detention, requirements
Crimes And Punishments - Status offender, detention, requirements
Criminal Procedure - Status offender, detention, requirements
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Family accountability, intervention, and response teams, repeal
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Status offender, detention, requirements
Local Mandate - Status offender, detention, requirements

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor G. Williams
Summary Retain original provisions, except remove the requirement for the Kentucky Department of Education to include in its annual report when a child is removed from school to be homeschooled following a complaint for habitual truancy.
Index Headings Children And Minors - Department of Education, annual report, student removed to be homeschooled, removal
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Department of Education, annual report, student removed to be homeschooled, removal
State Agencies - Department of Education, annual report, student removed to be homeschooled, removal

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor G. Williams
Summary Retain original provisions, except remove the requirement for the Kentucky Department of Education to include in its annual report when a child is removed from school to be homeschooled following a complaint for habitual truancy.
Index Headings Children And Minors - Department of Education, annual report, student removed to be homeschooled, removal
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Department of Education, annual report, student removed to be homeschooled, removal
State Agencies - Department of Education, annual report, student removed to be homeschooled, removal

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor B. Storm
Summary Retain original provisions, except authorize a student who has been absent without excuse for 5 or more days to participate in the Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program.
Index Headings Children And Minors - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, eligibility
Courts - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, eligibility
Criminal Procedure - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, eligibility
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, eligibility

Last updated: 2/27/2026 4:32 PM (EST)