HB 290 KY

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Amend KRS 164.370 to define terms; require a governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to adopt a code for student conduct, establish minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including a presumption of innocence, written notice, maintenance of an administrative file, the right to be present and participate meaningfully, the right to fair and impartial treatment, and the ability to bring a support person; establish enhanced minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension of 3 days or more, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including the right to be represented by counsel, to present relevant hearing evidence, and to cross-examine hearing testimony; provide a respondent that is suspended for 3 days or more, expelled, or has their campus housing terminated the right to appeal the results of a disciplinary hearing; provide that a participant has the right to appeal a Title IX allegation that does not result in a finding of a violation; provide a respondent or designated complainant shall have the right to appeal a final order of the governing board in Circuit Court; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to impede or delay law enforcement, impair an institution's ability to take reasonable interim measures in a student discipline matter, impair an institution's ability to effectuate a valid judicial order, impair an institution's ability to terminate a student's residence in campus housing for any other reason than a student disciplinary matter, or limit any addition rights afforded under Federal law; create a new section of KRS 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution to publish a report on student discipline every three years; establish the required contents of the report; permit a postsecondary education institution to apply to the Attorney General for an exemption when the institution maintains that required data cannot be adequately deidentified to conform to Federal Law; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Campus Due Process Protection Act.

• K. Banta Republican · primary
• K. Moser Republican · primary
• L. Bechler · primary
• J. Blanton Republican · primary
• A. Bowling Republican · primary
• K. Bratcher · primary
• J. Calloway Republican · primary
• J. Decker Republican · primary
• R. Dotson Republican · primary
• D. Fister Republican · primary
• P. Flannery Republican · primary
• K. Fleming · primary
• M. Hart Republican · primary
• S. Heavrin Republican · primary
• W. Lawrence Republican · primary
• D. Lewis Republican · primary
• M. Lockett Republican · primary
• S. Maddox Republican · primary
• C. Massey · primary
• B. McCool Republican · primary
• J. Nemes Republican · primary
• D. Osborne Republican · primary
• P. Pratt · primary
• M. Prunty · primary
• F. Rabourn Republican · primary
• K. Timoney · primary
• R. White Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2022 introduced in House · lower
2. Jan 13, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 15, 2022 to Judiciary (H) · lower
4. Feb 16, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Feb 17, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Mar 9, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 10, 2022 · lower
7. Mar 14, 2022 3rd reading, passed 71-19 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
8. Mar 15, 2022 received in Senate · upper
9. Mar 15, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Mar 17, 2022 to Education (S) · upper
11. Mar 25, 2022 taken from Education (S) · upper
12. Mar 25, 2022 1st reading · lower
13. Mar 25, 2022 returned to Education (S) · upper
14. Mar 25, 2022 reassigned to Judiciary (S) · upper
15. Mar 29, 2022 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
16. Mar 30, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022 · lower
17. Mar 30, 2022 3rd reading, passed 24-10 · lower
18. Mar 30, 2022 received in House · lower
19. Mar 30, 2022 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
20. Mar 30, 2022 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
21. Mar 30, 2022 delivered to Governor · lower
22. Apr 8, 2022 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 159) · 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.

• Acts Chapter 159 · PDF
• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF