KY HB547 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 53-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 53-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a school district from punishing an employee for engaging in private religious expression otherwise protected by the First Amendment absent a showing of engaging in actual coercion; provide specific examples of protected activity; establish limits of applicability.
Title
AN ACT relating to First Amendment rights in public schools.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-03-16 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2682 (Y: 32 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-09 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 190 (Y: 81 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2023-03-09 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 190 (Y: 81 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-24 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89) |
| 2023-03-16 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2023-03-16 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2023-03-16 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2023-03-16 | House | received in House |
| 2023-03-16 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 32 -5 |
| 2023-03-15 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023 |
| 2023-03-15 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2023-03-14 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2023-03-10 | Senate | to Education (S) |
| 2023-03-10 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2023-03-10 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2023-03-09 | House | 3rd reading, passed 81-12 |
| 2023-03-08 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 09, 2023 |
| 2023-03-08 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2023-03-07 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2023-03-02 | House | to Education (H) |
| 2023-02-22 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2023-02-22 | House | introduced in House |
