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SB196

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AN ACT relating to grooming.

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.

Education, Elementary and SecondaryTeachersBoards and CommissionsChildren and Minors

Introduced: February 12, 2026

Last action: February 12, 2026

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Aaron Reed

Senator · Senate District 07

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aaron.reed@kylegislature.gov
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Lindsey Tichenor

Senator · Senate District 06

Co-sponsor
lindsey.tichenor@kylegislature.gov
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Julie Raque Adams

Senator · Senate District 36

Co-sponsor
Julie.Adams@kylegislature.gov
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Gary Boswell

Senator · Senate District 08

Co-sponsor
gary.boswell@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Shelley Frommeyer
Shelley Frommeyer

Senator · Senate District 24

Co-sponsor
shelley.funkefrommeyer@kylegislature.gov
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Scott Madon

Senator · Senate District 29

Co-sponsor
scott.madon@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Amanda Mays Bledsoe
Amanda Mays Bledsoe

Senator · Senate District 12

Co-sponsor
amanda.maysbledsoe@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Robert Mills
Robert Mills

Senator · Senate District 04

Co-sponsor
Robby.Mills@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Matt Nunn
Matt Nunn

Senator · Senate District 17

Co-sponsor
matt.nunn@kylegislature.gov
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Steve Rawlings

Senator · Senate District 11

Co-sponsor
steve.rawlings@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Craig Richardson
Craig Richardson

Senator · Senate District 03

Co-sponsor
craig.richardson@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Robin Webb
Robin Webb

Senator · Senate District 18

Co-sponsor
Robin.Webb@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Steve West
Steve West

Senator · Senate District 27

Co-sponsor
Steve.West@kylegislature.gov
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Gex Williams

Senator · Senate District 20

Co-sponsor
gex.williams@kylegislature.gov