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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 39: AN ACT relating to interpreters.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 39 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to interpreters. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2025): 2nd reading, to Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Amend KRS 309.312 to allow an interpreter in a K-12 classroom setting with a score of 4.0 or above on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) and passage of the EIPA written test to meet certification requirements.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. 2nd reading, to Rules
  2. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
  3. to Licensing & Occupations (S)
  4. to Committee on Committees (S)
  5. received in Senate
  6. 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
  7. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
  8. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
  9. 2nd reading, to Rules
  10. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
  11. to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
  12. to Committee on Committees (H)

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source