Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 557: AN ACT relating to elementary literacy and making an appropriation therefor.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 557 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to elementary literacy and making an appropriation therefor. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2025): to State Government (H).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to establish the Kids Love to Read Program; specify the program is for children in kindergarten through grade five; require books to be sent to children's homes; require the Department for Libraries and Archives to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer the program; appropriate $500,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026 to support the program; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- to State Government (H)
- to Committee on Committees (H)
- introduced in House