HB 67 KY

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Amend KRS 160.145, relating to unauthorized electronic communicating in schools, to expand existing definitions and define "private electronic communication," "qualified school volunteer," and "commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation"; limit the scope of unauthorized electronic communication to private electronic communication, and exclude designated types of communication from the scope of the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating outside of the traceable communication system; include designated Kentucky Department of Education and educational cooperative employees assigned to a school district to the scope of the requirement to obtain written consent; limit the scope of school volunteers subject to this section to qualified school volunteers; specify that the requirement to obtain written parental consent only applies to students enrolled within the same school district as the school district employee or qualified school volunteer; allow a local school district more flexibility in disciplinary actions arising from a violation of this section; allow a written parental consent form to designate more than 1 school district employee or qualified school volunteer; provide that the written consent may be revoked by the parent who filed the consent; require notice of the revocation to be sent to the identified school district employee or qualified school volunteer; prohibit a school or school district from refusing to accept parental consent forms; prohibit requiring parental consent forms under this section as a requirement for a student to participate in an academic, athletic, or extracurricular opportunity; provide an emergency exception to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the individual discloses the communication after the fact; provide exceptions to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent during and in direct relation to a fieldtrip or work-based learning opportunity; provide exceptions to permit a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the communication is directly related to a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation that has been previously disclosed; permit school district employees to notify a school district of a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation; require reasonable belief to trigger a duty to report unauthorized electronic communication; require parental notification for all material phases of an investigation of or disciplinary actions arising from unauthorized electronic communication with students; permit a school district to reconsider allowing previously prohibited volunteers; EMERGENCY.

• J. Payne Republican · primary
• P. Flannery Republican · primary
• J. Decker Republican · primary
• D. Grossberg Democratic · primary
• T. Hampton Republican · primary
• K. Holloway Republican · primary
• B. McCool Republican · primary
• S. Rudy Republican · primary

1. Feb 12, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 12, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 20, 2026 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) · lower
4. Mar 4, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Mar 5, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Mar 5, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
7. Mar 5, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026 · lower
8. Mar 6, 2026 3rd reading, passed 85-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
9. Mar 9, 2026 received in Senate · upper
10. Mar 9, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
11. Mar 18, 2026 to Education (S) · upper
12. Mar 19, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
13. Mar 20, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
14. Mar 24, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
15. Mar 26, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026 · lower
16. Mar 27, 2026 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
17. Mar 31, 2026 received in House · lower
18. Mar 31, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
19. Mar 31, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
20. Mar 31, 2026 House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
21. Apr 1, 2026 received in Senate · upper
22. Apr 1, 2026 to Rules (S) · upper
23. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for receding from Senate Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Substitute (1) · lower
24. Apr 1, 2026 Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
25. Apr 1, 2026 Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate · upper
26. Apr 1, 2026 Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate · upper
27. Apr 1, 2026 Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate · upper
28. Apr 1, 2026 Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate · upper
29. Apr 1, 2026 Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate · upper
30. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report · lower
31. Apr 1, 2026 Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate · upper
32. Apr 1, 2026 passed 37-0 · lower
33. Apr 1, 2026 received in House · lower
34. Apr 1, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
35. Apr 1, 2026 taken from Rules · lower
36. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report · lower
37. Apr 1, 2026 Free Conference Committee report adopted in House · lower
38. Apr 1, 2026 passed 92-0 · lower
39. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
40. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
41. Apr 1, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
42. Apr 13, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129) · lower