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SB 63 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to student journalist freedom.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 12, 2026

Latest action (Jan 12, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; define terms; establish additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; establish protections for student media advisors; require each local school board to adopt a written policy for time, place, and manner restrictions and for an appeals procedure; provide that student speech not be considered school speech; allow for a student journalist or student media advisor to seek injunctive relief; provide that the Act may be cited as the New Voices Act.

Sponsors (2)

Action history (2)

  1. Jan 12, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Jan 12, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Civil RightsEducation, Elementary And SecondaryMediaPublicationsShort Titles And Popular NamesTeachers

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