AN ACT relating to prevention-oriented child abuse awareness instruction.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require school councils or principals to adopt child abuse awareness and prevention instruction that is taught by a trained, certified teacher; establish short title of "Erin's Law."
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 29, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
91–2
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 97
Feb 15, 2022
D
Democratic24
100% Yea
R
Republican73
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Mar 29, 2022
Committee
recommitted to Education (S)
upper
Mar 25, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
to Education (S)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 93-2 with Floor Amendment (2)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
to Education (H)
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Melinda Gibbons Prunty
RRepublican
P
Nancy Tate
RRepublican
P
Ruth Ann Palumbo
DDemocratic
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