SB196Introduced in the Senate
AN ACT relating to grooming.
Introduced by Aaron Reed, District 7
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "grooming behavior"; amend KRS 161.120 to add, current and recent former students to the list of individuals upon which the Education Professional Standards Board may refuse to issue or take disciplinary action against a certificate if the applicant or certificate holder engaged in sexual contact with the specified individuals; amend KRS 160.390 to require superintendents to include employment terms prohibiting sexual contact between an employee of the district and specified individuals; amend KRS 160.1596 to require as a term of the public charter school contract that all employees and contractors refrain from sexual contact with specified individuals; amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to require certified nonpublic schools to require employee prohibitions on sexual contact between an employee of the school and specified individuals.
Where it stands
to Committee on Committees (S)
February 12, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
introduced in Senate
to Committee on Committees (S)
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