KY SB 170

enacted

AN ACT relating to status offenses.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did KY SB 170 pass?

Yes. KY SB 170 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 69)

What is KY SB 170 about?

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.

Who sponsors KY SB 170?

M. Nunn, D. Carroll, B. Storm are the primary sponsors of KY SB 170.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-06
Latest action: 2026-04-10 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 69)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-10
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 69)
executive-signature
2026-03-31
delivered to Governor
2026-03-31
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-03-27
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-03-27
received in Senate
2026-03-27
3rd reading, passed 89-3
passage,reading-3
2026-03-19
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
2026-03-12
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-11
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-09
to Judiciary (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-25
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-25
received in House
2026-02-24
passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (2) and (3)
passage
2026-02-24
floor amendment (1) withdrawn
2026-02-24
3rd reading
reading-3
2026-02-23
floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-02-20
floor amendment (1) filed to bill, floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-02-20
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
2026-02-20
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-19
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-11
to Judiciary (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-06
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-06
introduced in Senate
introduction

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Acts Chapter 69Compare
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Documents

Votes

PASS SB 170 w/ SCS 1, SFA 3, SFA 2
2026-02-24 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Mills: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Webb: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Reed: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Wheeler: not voting
Pass
2026-03-27 · pass · 89-3
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hale: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Baker: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Banta: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Hart: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Moore: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Truett: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Payne: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Bray: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Proctor: yes
- White: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Williams: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Willner: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Clines: yes
- Grossl: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Holloway: no
- Massaroni: no
- Rabourn: no
- Calloway: not voting
- Hampton: not voting
- Lewis D: not voting
- Rudy: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting
- Doan: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Maddox: not voting

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Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb170.html

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