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HB 661 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency.

Summary
Amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the operation of passenger vehicles used to transport students that are owned, leased, or privately contracted by school districts; provide that operators of a passenger vehicle that is owned, leased, or privately contracted by the district to transport students shall possess a valid Class D operator's license; EMERGENCY.
Issues: ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationMandates Class D license for student transport operators, enhancing safety standards in school bus operations per KRS 189.540 amendments.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Mar 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill underwent technical formatting and header updates during its legislative journey. The document identifier changed from 'BR 1580' to 'HB 661/GA', and the page footers were updated to reflect the new bill number and session information. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or new requirements were introduced in this version.
TECHNICAL

Document headers and footers were updated to reflect the correct bill number (HB 661) and session designation (25 RS), replacing the previous reference to BR 1580.

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

95–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 104
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican83
75 Yea 8
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Education (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 92-0
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.