KY HB 759
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to teacher certification.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KY HB 759 pass?
No. KY HB 759 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-31): returned to Rules (S)
What is KY HB 759 about?
Amend KRS 161.048 to modify and reestablish alternative teacher certification options as alternative routes; establish the eligibility requirements of alternative routes; delete Option 2 certification; establish a route for current professional certificate holders to expand certification and the eligibility requirements; require the Education Professional Standards Board to maintain and publish a list of academic majors, academic minors, and graduate degree academic content areas and the corresponding areas for which they shall satisfy certification requirements; make current professional certificate holders eligible to expand certification through any alternative route; require holders of professional certificates under specific routes complete training requirements to be eligible for the first renewal of the certificate; provide that the Education Professional Standards Board may require a passing score on a professional skills assessment; amend KRS 161.032 and 164.757 to conform; repeal KRS 161.049.
Who sponsors KY HB 759?
J. Payne is the primary sponsor of KY HB 759.
Description
Amend KRS 161.048 to modify and reestablish alternative teacher certification options as alternative routes; establish the eligibility requirements of alternative routes; delete Option 2 certification; establish a route for current professional certificate holders to expand certification and the eligibility requirements; require the Education Professional Standards Board to maintain and publish a list of academic majors, academic minors, and graduate degree academic content areas and the corresponding areas for which they shall satisfy certification requirements; make current professional certificate holders eligible to expand certification through any alternative route; require holders of professional certificates under specific routes complete training requirements to be eligible for the first renewal of the certificate; provide that the Education Professional Standards Board may require a passing score on a professional skills assessment; amend KRS 161.032 and 164.757 to conform; repeal KRS 161.049.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-25
- Latest action
- 2026-03-31 — returned to Rules (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- J. Payneprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-31
returned to Rules (S)
2026-03-27
posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
2026-03-27
2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2
2026-03-26
floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-03-26
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-24
to Education (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-10
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-10
received in Senate
2026-03-09
3rd reading, passed 96-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-06
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
2026-03-05
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-04
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-03
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-25
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-25
introduced in House
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Pass
2026-03-09 · pass · 96-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meade: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Rabourn: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hale: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hart: yes
- McCool: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Doan: yes
- Bowling: not voting
- Burke: not voting
- Hampton: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
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