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SB 93: Prevents public and charter schools from using programs or training that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Prohibits public school districts and schools from expending any resources or funds or to implement any programs that address “diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging”.
HB 9: bans DEI in public colleges 24RS HB 9 (ky.gov) Sponsor: Decker (SB 93: prohibits expanding resources for schools to DEI and sense of belonging Education Committee in Senate 24RS SB 93 (ky.gov) Sponsor: Meredith)
| Sponsors | K. Herron, L. Willner, C. Aull, T. Bojanowski, G. Brown Jr., L. Burke, A. Camuel, B. Chester-Burton, A. Gentry, D. Graham, D. Grossberg, N. Kulkarni, R. Palumbo, J. Raymond, R. Roarx, R. Roberts, S. Stalker, C. Stevenson |
| Summary of Original Version | Repeal and reenact KRS 344.010 to define various terms; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky’s civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform. |
HB 330: Bans conversion therapy 24RS HB 330 (ky.gov) Sponsor: Willner
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KY HB304 EDUCATION AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 158.191 to ensure parental rights and involvement by requiring notification within two business days of specific events; require a district to adopt procedures that both encourage students to speak with parents and require facilitation of the discussion with parents; forbid a district or school from adopting policies that keep any student information confidential from parents or refuse information requested by a parent with specific exceptions; forbid a district from requiring school personnel or students to use nonconforming pronouns for any individual instead of just students, establish the type of mental health services that the section does not prohibit a district from seeking for students; amend KRS 158.1415 to prohibit a child in any grade level from receiving instruction on a specific topic a parent has provided written notice to the school asserting an objection due to religious or moral beliefs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a cause of action for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a disciplinary action or adverse employment action for an employee informing a parent of specific information about a student or declining to use a pronoun or title inconsistent with the individual’s biological sex; amend KRS 158.193 to establish that a school employee may participate in voluntary, student-initiated, student-led prayer when invited to do so; EMERGENCY.
KY HB358 BIRTH CERTIFICATES AN ACT relating to birth certificates.
Amend KRS 213.046, 213.056, and 213.071 to require the biological sex designation on a birth certificate to be either male or female and prohibit a nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation including the letter “X.”
KY HB390 CIVIL RIGHTS AN ACT relating to sex-based classifications. Anti Bostock; strict gender binary per Chris Hartman. KY Commission on Human Rights.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define “boy,” “equal,” “female,” “girl,” “male,” “man,” “sex,” and “woman”; prohibit any state or local law, regulation, ordinance, or policy from treating males or females unfairly from similarly situated members of the opposite sex, but permit separation of the sexes if in the interest of maintaining safety, privacy, and fairness; provide a non-exhaustive list of examples of areas in which public entities may distinguish between the sexes; require any public school, public school district, state agency, department, local government, special district, or any political subdivision of those entities that collects vital statistics to identify each person as either male or female; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Women’s Bill of Rights.
