Kentucky House Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-14 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

AN ACT relating to freedom of speech at public postsecondary education institutions.

Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Lynn Bechler [R]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]
Rep. Josh Bray [R]	Rep. Josh Calloway [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]
Rep. Daniel Fister [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Regina Huff [R]
Rep. William Lawrence [R]	Rep. Derek Lewis [R]	Rep. Matt Lockett [R]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]
Rep. Bobby McCool [R]	Rep. David Osborne [R]	Rep. Felicia Rabourn [R]	Rep. Killian Timoney [R]
Rep. Billy Wesley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	House	to Education (H)
2022-03-14	House	returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-03-14	House	1st reading
2022-03-14	House	taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-04	House	introduced in House
2021-12-09	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb130.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb130/orig_bill.pdf