HB 51 KY

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Amend KRS 199.896 to provide that the license or certification of a child-care center shall not be refused or revoked for refusing to require facial coverings; amend KRS 199.898 to provide that parents and guardians of children enrolled in licensed, certified, or publicly funded child care facilities have a right to refuse facial coverings on behalf of their children without any retribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit requiring facial coverings on any public school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit requiring facial coverings on property owned, leased, or operated by public postsecondary education institutions; provide exceptions for healthcare licensing board requirements imposed prior to January 1, 2020, and clinical research settings.

• L. Bechler · primary
• S. Baker Republican · primary
• D. Bentley · primary
• J. Calloway Republican · primary
• J. Decker Republican · primary
• R. Dotson Republican · primary
• J. Fischer · primary
• P. Flannery Republican · primary
• C. Fugate Republican · primary
• D. Hale Republican · primary
• M. Hart Republican · primary
• R. Heath · primary
• T. Huff Republican · primary
• M. Imes Republican · primary
• N. Kirk-McCormick · primary
• W. Lawrence Republican · primary
• M. Lockett Republican · primary
• S. Maddox Republican · primary
• J. Miller · primary
• J. Nemes Republican · primary
• F. Rabourn Republican · primary
• N. Tate Republican · primary
• W. Thomas Republican · primary
• R. Webber · primary
• B. Wesley Republican · primary

1. Aug 16, 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. Feb 11, 2022 to Education (H) · lower
5. Feb 14, 2022 floor amendment (1) filed · lower
6. Feb 15, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
7. Feb 15, 2022 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
8. Feb 16, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
9. Feb 16, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2022 · lower
10. Feb 16, 2022 floor amendments (3) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (4-title) and (6-title) filed to bill · lower
11. Feb 23, 2022 floor amendment (7) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (8-title) filed to bill · lower
12. Feb 28, 2022 floor amendment (9) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
13. Mar 1, 2022 floor amendment (10) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
14. Mar 7, 2022 floor amendment (11) and (12) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
15. Mar 8, 2022 3rd reading, passed 56-35 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (11) and (8-title) · lower
16. Mar 9, 2022 received in Senate · upper
17. Mar 9, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
18. Mar 10, 2022 to Health & Welfare (S) · upper

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.

• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF