HB 130 KY

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Introduced

Amend KRS 164.348 to define "institution," "public," and "staff"; require an institution to adopt a policy to not restrict off-campus speech; extend free speech protections to staff and the public; provide that student religious and political organizations shall be afforded equal access to facilities; provide that authority vested with a student organization to distribute student organization funding shall be contingent on viewpoint-neutral distribution of those funds; provide that there shall be no buffer zones to outdoor areas used as traditional public forums; reduce institution's authority to establish permit requirements; specify how an institution defines student-on-student harassment; waive immunity for claims brought under the Act; permit disciplinary action against a faculty member or administrator that knowingly and intentionally restricts the protected speech of another; suspend the distribution authority of a student organization that does not distribute student organization funding in accordance with the Act; prohibit retaliation against campus community members; require Council on Postsecondary Education to develop free speech instructional materials and model trainings for institutions; require institutions to present free speech instructional materials and trainings to designated individuals; require institutions to publish semiannual student organization funding reports; designate the required contents of the semiannual student organization funding report.

• S. Maddox Republican · primary
• K. Banta Republican · primary
• L. Bechler · primary
• K. Bratcher · primary
• J. Bray Republican · primary
• J. Calloway Republican · primary
• J. Decker Republican · primary
• R. Dotson Republican · primary
• D. Fister Republican · primary
• D. Hale Republican · primary
• M. Hart Republican · primary
• R. Huff · primary
• W. Lawrence Republican · primary
• D. Lewis Republican · primary
• M. Lockett Republican · primary
• C. Massey · primary
• B. McCool Republican · primary
• D. Osborne Republican · primary
• F. Rabourn Republican · primary
• K. Timoney · primary
• B. Wesley Republican · primary

1. Dec 9, 2021 Prefiled by the sponsor(s). · lower
2. Jan 4, 2022 introduced in House · lower
3. Jan 4, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
4. Mar 14, 2022 taken from Committee on Committees (H) · lower
5. Mar 14, 2022 1st reading · lower
6. Mar 14, 2022 returned to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
7. Mar 14, 2022 to Education (H) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Introduced · PDF