Kentucky House Bill 276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-12 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require any professional sports team that enters into a contract with a public agency to play the national anthem before any sporting event at the team's home venue; define "professional sports team," "public agency," and "sporting event"; require a provision in the contract that places the professional sports team in default if the team fails to play the national anthem before the sporting event; permit the Attorney General to intervene and enforce any penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require all public postsecondary institutions to play the national anthem before any intercollegiate athletic event hosted or sponsored by the institution; define "athletic event"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public schools to play the national anthem before any school sponsored interscholastic athletic event beginning in the 2022-2023 school year; define "athletic event".

AN ACT relating to athletic competitions.

Rep. Steve Sheldon [R]	Rep. Brandon Reed [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Shawn McPherson [R]
Rep. Walker Thomas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-12	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-12	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb276.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb276/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb276/LM.pdf