KentuckyAN ACT relating to children.
What it does
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms; direct each local board of education to designate one or more programs or applications as a traceable communication system that shall be the exclusive means for school district employees and volunteers to communicate electronically with students; provide that a parent may submit written consent for a designated school district employee or volunteer to communicate electronically with a student outside of the traceable communication system; exclude communications between a parent that is a school district employee or volunteer and his or her own children; establish a mandatory duty to report violations for school employees and volunteers; require principals, superintendents, and the commissioner of education to notify parents of allegations of unauthorized electronic communication involving their children; require principals, superintendents, and the commissioner of education to report alleged violations to the Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB); require principals, superintendents, the commissioner of education, and EPSB to investigate designated allegations of unauthorized electronic communication; establish the methods of disciplinary action for a violation; amend KRS 161.120 to provide that the identity of complainants alleging unauthorized electronic communication, sexual contact, or other sexual misconduct that are dismissed and minors invovled in the complaint to remain confidential; provide that EPSB will have 120 days to conduct the initial review of complaints alleging unauthorized electronic communication, sexual contact, or other sexual misconduct.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 1signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Acts Ch. 149)Became Law
- Mar 28delivered to Governor
- Vote recorded Final Passage SB 181 W/ hcs1 hcta1. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 28enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseTo Governor
- Mar 28enrolled, signed by President of the SenateMajor
- Mar 28passed 38-0Major
- Mar 28Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- Mar 28posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- Mar 28to Rules (S)Minor
- Mar 28received in Senate
- Mar 283rd reading, passed 100-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Passed House
- Mar 27placed in the Orders of the Day
- Mar 27taken from Rules
- Mar 27reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Minor
- Mar 27to Families & Children (H)Minor
- Mar 27taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 14returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 142nd readingMinor
- Mar 14taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 13returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 131st readingMinor
- Mar 13taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- Mar 6to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Vote recorded PASS SB 181 W/ sfa1. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 6received in House
- Mar 63rd reading, passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (1)Passed Senate
- Mar 5posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
- Mar 52nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 4floor amendment (1) filedMinor
- Mar 4reported favorably, 1st reading, to CalendarMinor
- Feb 19to Families & Children (S)Minor
- Feb 14to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Feb 14introduced in SenateIntroduced