Kentucky House Bill 39 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-02 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary institutions from inquiring about a prospective student's criminal history prior to admission, except for certain types of offenses; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history after admission, for the purposes of providing support services and informing decisions regarding a student's participation in campus activities, organizations, and residency; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history prior to admission into a professional degree program, but prohibit denial of admission based solely on criminal history; require institutions to provide counseling regarding occupational licensing requirements to a professional degree student who has a criminal history.

AN ACT relating to student criminal history background checks.

Rep. Attica Scott [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Kelly Flood [D]

Rep. Mary Marzian [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-02	House	to Education (H)
2018-01-02	House	introduced in House
2017-08-31	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB39.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB39/bill.pdf