AN ACT relating to freedom of speech at public postsecondary education institutions.
Summary
Amend KRS 164.348 to define "institution," "public," and "staff"; require an institution to adopt a policy to not restrict off-campus speech; extend free speech protections to staff and the public; provide that student religious and political organizations shall be afforded equal access to facilities; provide that authority vested with a student organization to distribute student organization funding shall be contingent on viewpoint-neutral distribution of those funds; provide that there shall be no buffer zones to outdoor areas used as traditional public forums; reduce institution's authority to establish permit requirements; specify how an institution defines student-on-student harassment; waive immunity for claims brought under the Act; permit disciplinary action against a faculty member or administrator that knowingly and intentionally restricts the protected speech of another; suspend the distribution authority of a student organization that does not distribute student organization funding in accordance with the Act; prohibit retaliation against campus community members; require Council on Postsecondary Education to develop free speech instructional materials and model trainings for institutions; require institutions to present free speech instructional materials and trainings to designated individuals; require institutions to publish semiannual student organization funding reports; designate the required contents of the semiannual student organization funding report.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 9, 2021
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
to Education (H)
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
Dec 9, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
lower
20 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Wesley
RRepublican
P
Bobby McCool
RRepublican
P
C. Ed Massey
RRepublican
P
Dan Fister
RRepublican
P
David Hale
RRepublican
P
David Osborne
RRepublican
P
Derek Lewis
RRepublican
P
Felicia Rabourn
RRepublican
P
Jennifer Decker
RRepublican
P
Josh Bray
RRepublican
P
Josh Calloway
RRepublican
P
Kevin Bratcher
RRepublican
P
Killian Timoney
RRepublican
P
Kim Banta
RRepublican
P
Mark Hart
RRepublican
P
Matt Lockett
RRepublican
P
Regina Huff
RRepublican
P
Ryan Dotson
RRepublican
P
Savannah Maddox
RRepublican
P
William Lawrence
RRepublican
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