AN ACT relating to athletics.
Summary
Amend KRS 156.070 to require KHSAA to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools to designate all interscholastic athletics based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in girls' athletics; establish how to designate biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association to designate all intercollegiate and intramural athletics authorized by the institution based on biological sex of students eligible to participate; require that institutions prohibit male students from participating in womens' athletics; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a postsecondary institution that violates these provisions; title the Act "Fairness in Womens' Sports Act."
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 11, 2021
Last action Mar 29, 2022
Floor votes
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No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 29, 2022
Committee
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced
floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Committee
to Education (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
Jun 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
lower
48 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adam Bowling
RRepublican
P
Bart Rowland
RRepublican
P
Bill Wesley
RRepublican
P
Bobby McCool
RRepublican
P
Brandon Reed
RRepublican
P
C. Ed Massey
RRepublican
P
Chris Freeland
RRepublican
P
Chris Fugate
RRepublican
P
D.J. Johnson
RRepublican
P
Dan Fister
RRepublican
P
Danny Bentley
RRepublican
P
David Hale
RRepublican
P
Felicia Rabourn
RRepublican
P
James Tipton
RRepublican
P
Jason Petrie
RRepublican
P
Jennifer Decker
RRepublican
P
Jerry T. Miller
RRepublican
P
Jim DuPlessis
RRepublican
P
Jim Gooch
RRepublican
P
John Blanton
RRepublican
P
Joseph M. Fischer
RRepublican
P
Josh Calloway
RRepublican
P
Kevin Bratcher
RRepublican
P
Mark Hart
RRepublican
P
Mary Beth Imes
RRepublican
P
Matt Lockett
RRepublican
P
Melinda Gibbons Prunty
RRepublican
P
Myron Dossett
RRepublican
P
Nancy Tate
RRepublican
P
Norma Kirk-McCormick
RRepublican
P
Patrick Flannery
RRepublican
P
Phillip Pratt
RRepublican
P
Randy Bridges
RRepublican
P
Regina Huff
RRepublican
P
Richard Heath
RRepublican
P
Richard White
RRepublican
P
Russell Webber
RRepublican
P
Ryan Dotson
RRepublican
P
Savannah Maddox
RRepublican
P
Scott Lewis
RRepublican
P
Scott Sharp
RRepublican
P
Shane Baker
RRepublican
P
Shawn McPherson
RRepublican
P
Steve Sheldon
RRepublican
P
Thomas Huff
RRepublican
P
Tom Smith
RRepublican
P
Walker Thomas
RRepublican
P
William Lawrence
RRepublican
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