HB 196 Kentucky House · 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the safety and mental health of students.

Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Mental Health Safety Center within the University of Louisville to be known as SafeKY; require SafeKY to create, implement, and maintain a real-time electronic mental health application; require the application be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year; require the application to be made available at no cost to all elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students and the parents and teachers of those students; require the University of Louisville to establish an advisory council regarding the electronic application; require the University of Louisville to report on the implementation status of the electronic application to the Interim Joint Committees on Health, Welfare, and Family Services and Education by November 1, 2024.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2023 Last action Mar 15, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2023

How they voted

852
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 89
Mar 7, 2023
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican69
65 Yea 2 Nay 2
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, to Rules
lower
Mar 10, 2023
Committee
to Health Services (S)
upper
Mar 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 96-2 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 17, 2023
Committee
to Health Services (H)
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.