Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB906: AN ACT relating to student health and safety.
Status: In committee, March 11, 2026
Amend KRS 158.162 to define "critical incident," require investigations in emergency plans for critical incidents and state the goals of the investigations; amend KRS 158.4410 to task the state school security marshal with investigating serious physical injury or death incidents that occur on school property, at school-sanctioned events, or during interscholastic athletic events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to outline the parameters of the investigation, require referral of potential criminal charges, and require necessary administrative regulations; amend KRS 72.025 to require the coroner conduct an autopsy in deaths occurring on public or nonpublic school property or during a school-sanctioned event.
What the bill says
An act relating to student health and safety.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to student health and safety. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 158.162 is amended to read as follows: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Critical incident" means when a 2. Requires transportation by ambulance; or 3. Suffers an event that triggers the use of the cardiac emergency response plan; (b) "Emergency management response plan" or "emergency plan" means a written document to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies; and (c)[(b)] "First responders" means local fire, police, and emergency medical personnel. (2) (a) Each local board of education shall require the school council or, if none exists, the principal in each school building in its jurisdiction to adopt an emergency plan. The emergency plan shall include: 1. Procedures to be followed in case of medical emergency, fire, severe weather, earthquake, or a building lockdown as defined in KRS 158.164; 2. A written cardiac emergency response plan;[ and] 3. A copy of the data created through the School Mapping Data Program pursuant to KRS 158.4433 or, if the school mapping data is unavailable, a diagram of the facility that clearly identifies the location of each automated external defibrillator; and 4. A requirement to adequately document and conduct a subsequent investigation when a student suffers a …
Sponsors
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064) · primary sponsor
- Shane Baker (R, HD-085)
Latest actions
- : to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Children And Minors, Athletics, Sex discrimination: scope., Safety, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Common questions
- What is HB906?
- HB906 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to student health and safety.
- What does HB906 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to student health and safety.
- What is the status of HB906?
- In committee as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: to Primary and Secondary Education (H) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB906?
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB906?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb906.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.