Kentucky
General Assembly

02/19/26	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/26/26	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
03/04/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/05/26	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/06/26	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to enact and enter into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact; declare purpose; define terms; set requirements for member states and for school psychologists to participate in the compact; establish provisions for active duty military members or their spouses; designate procedures for adverse actions against a school psychologist; create the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission and establish its internal procedures; provide for the commission to facilitate the exchange of information; establish rulemaking procedures, oversight, financing, dispute resolution, and enforcement provisions of the compact; create member state compact withdrawal procedures; provide for amendments to the compact; specify applicability of the compact to certain Kentucky state law.
Index Headings	Boards And Commissions - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, establishment Compacts, Interstate - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Education, Elementary And Secondary - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, adoption Health Care Professionals - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, adoption Licensing - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, adoption Mental Health - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, adoption Occupations And Professions - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, adoption

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Lewis
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 685

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Riley
Summary	Retain all provisions, provide that the immunity of the commission may not exceed the immunity of the limits of liability set forth under the constitution and laws of that state for state officials, employees, and agents.
Index Headings	Boards And Commissions - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability Compacts, Interstate - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability Education, Elementary And Secondary - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability Education, Higher - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability Health Care Professionals - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability Licensing - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability Mental Health - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability Occupations And Professions - School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission, restriction on limitation of liability