KY SB71 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: Engrossed on February 23 2015 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-10 - discharge petition filed
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on February 23 2015 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-10 - discharge petition filed
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination and to require local boards of education to ensure that the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint neutral manner and that the student's prepared remarks are not reviewed, altered, or censured before delivery; that religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations; and that no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to ensure that students are permitted to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in assignments free from discrimination, that the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner and that the student's prepared remarks are not reviewed, altered, or censured before delivery, that religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, that no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs, and that there shall be no restrictions on speech that occurs outdoors on campus and is protected by the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution except for restrictions that are reasonable, justified without reference to speech content, narrowly tailored to serve governmental interest, and limited to provide alternative options for the communication of the information.
Title
AN ACT relating to voluntary student expression of religious or political viewpoints in public schools.
Sponsors
| Sen. Albert Robinson [R] | Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R] | Sen. Danny Carroll [R] | Sen. C.B. Embry [R] |
| Sen. Chris Girdler [R] | Sen. Mike Wilson [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-10 | House | discharge petition filed |
| 2015-03-09 | House | posted in committee |
| 2015-03-04 | House | discharge petition filed |
| 2015-02-24 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2015-02-23 | House | received in House |
| 2015-02-19 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 30-4 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) |
| 2015-02-19 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| 2015-02-13 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2015-02-13 | Senate | reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute |
| 2015-02-12 | Senate | returned to Judiciary (S) |
| 2015-02-12 | Senate | 2nd reading |
| 2015-02-12 | Senate | taken from Judiciary (S) |
| 2015-02-03 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2015-01-08 | Senate | returned to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2015-01-08 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2015-01-08 | Senate | taken from Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2015-01-07 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2015-01-07 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
