Kentucky
General Assembly

02/08/23	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S) to Education (S)
02/09/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar floor amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) filed
02/10/23	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendments (5) and (6) filed
02/15/23	recommitted to Education (S)
02/16/23	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2023 floor amendment (7) filed to Committee Substitute 3rd reading floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) ruled out of order passed 29-6 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/17/23	received in House to Committee on Committees (H) floor amendment (1) filed
03/02/23	to Education (H)
03/09/23	taken from Education (H) 1st reading returned to Education (H)
03/10/23	taken from Education (H) 2nd reading returned to Education (H) floor amendment (2) filed
03/14/23	floor amendment (3) filed
03/16/23	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16 3rd reading, passed 75-22-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in Senate to Rules (S) taken from Rules (H) posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passed 30-7 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
03/24/23	Vetoed
03/29/23	received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 29 -8 received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 76-23 received in Senate enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 132)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; exclude academic and career counseling from "mental health services;", provide that notification relating to services be focused on human sexuality, contraception, or family planning; include requirement that specific questionnaires or screening forms given to a child receive parental consent and review and forbid general consent; allow district personnel to seek or provide emergency medical or mental health services pursuant to district policy; and specify that nothing in Section 1 shall remove the duty to report a dependent child or abused or neglected child due to risk of physical or emotional injury.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Dependent, abused, or neglected children, duty to report, risk of physical or emotional harm Education, Elementary and Secondary - Human sexuality, contraception and family planning services, parental notice Education, Elementary and Secondary - Parental rights, public schools Parental Rights - Human sexuality, contraception and family planning services, public schools, parental notice Children and Minors - Dependent, abused, or neglected children, duty to report, risk of physical or emotional harm Children and Minors - Parental rights, public schools

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Thomas
Summary	Provide the right for a student to change teachers when the teacher violates the student's or the student's parents' sincerely-held principles.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Student rights, change of teachers Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student rights, change of teachers Teachers - Student rights, change of teachers

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	R. Thomas
Summary	Prohibit a school policy from forcing a teacher to violate his or her principles.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School policy, violation of teacher principles, prohibition Teachers - School policy, violation of teacher principles, prohibition Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education policy, violation of teacher principles, prohibition State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education policy, violation of teacher principles, prohibition

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	K. Berg
Summary	Provide that a parent has the right to require school personnel to address his or her child by a specific name or pronoun.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - School personnel, student name and pronoun usage Education, Elementary and Secondary - School personnel, student name and pronoun usage Parental Rights - School personnel, student name and pronoun usage Teachers - Student name and pronoun, usage

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	K. Berg
Summary	Delete the requirement that a student's birth certificate be the original, unedited birth certificate.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - Birth certificate, school policy, prohibition Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student birth certificate, policy prohibition

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	K. Berg
Summary	Provide that if a parent or guardian refuses a district mental health service and the child poses a threat the themselves or someone else, then district personnel shall report the child as dependent, neglected, or abused under KRS 620.030.
Index Headings	Children and Minors - School district mental health services, parent refusal, reporting child at-risk Education, Elementary and Secondary - School district mental health services, parent refusal, reporting child at-risk

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	K. Berg
Summary	Provide that a parent or guardian has the right to require school personnel to address his or her child by a specific name or pronoun.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School personnel, student name and pronoun usage Parental Rights - School personnel, student name and pronoun usage Teachers - Student name and pronoun, usage Children and Minors - School personnel, student name and pronoun usage

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 7
Sponsor	K. Berg
Summary	Delete provision forbidding local school district from requiring the use of pronouns that do not conform and replace with a provision requiring school personnel use names and pronouns requested by a parent or guardian.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Name and pronoun use, parental rights Parental Rights - Name and pronoun use, children, public schools

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; specify parental notifications and prior parental consent for changes to, or provision of health or mental health services, related to human sexuality, contraception, or family planning; require parental notification and parental consent for any referral to an external health care provider; require school councils or principals to adopt policies ensuring that children in grade five and below do not receive any instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases or that any child does not receive instruction or presentation that has a goal or purpose of students studying or exploring gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation; require school councils to adopt policies to notify parents in advance and obtain parental consent for any instruction in grade six or above on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish definitions, make findings related to the privacy rights of students, and require a local board of education to adopt policies to protect those privacy rights that include restrictions for the use of restrooms, locker rooms, or shower rooms that are reserved for students of a different biological sex; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "minor" and "sex"; prohibit a health care provider from providing services to a minor for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance or perception of the minor's sex with certain exceptions; require a licensing or certifying agency to revoke a health care provider's licensure or certification for finding of violation; permit civil action for injury suffered as a result of a violation by the age of 30 years or within 3 years of discovering that damages were caused by the violation; permit treatment of a minor to taper off treatments; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Human sexuality education, parental consent Education, Elementary and Secondary - Parental consent, student health and mental healthcare Education, Elementary and Secondary - Privacy rights of students, local board of education, policies to protect Effective Dates, Emergency - Rights, public schools Health and Medical Services - Sex alteration, minors, prohibit Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Sex alteration, minors, prohibit Mental Health - Sex alteration, minors, prohibit Parental Rights - Parental consent, child health and mental healthcare Parental Rights - Sex alteration, minors, prohibit Pharmacists - Sex alteration, minors, prohibit Physicians and Practitioners - Sex alteration, minors, prohibit Public Health - Human sexuality education, public school, parental consent Public Health - Parental consent, child health and mental healthcare Public Health - Sex alteration, minors, prohibit Children and Minors - Parental consent, health and mental healthcare Children and Minors - Privacy rights, local board of education, policies to protect

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Riley
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 150/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	T. Bojanowski
Summary	Delete provision forbidding local school district from requiring the use of pronouns that do not conform and replace with a provision requiring school personnel use names and pronouns requested by a parent or guardian.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Name and pronoun use, parental rights Parental Rights - Name and pronoun use, children, public schools

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	D. Grossberg
Summary	Require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop protocols for the student information system to track the number of students for whom public schools have received a request to use pronouns that do not conform to the student's biological sex and the number of those students the public school is aware that have attempted or committed suicide; require the department to compile data into an annual, statewide report; grant parents of children in public schools the right to obtain a copy of the report upon request.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Transgender students in public schools, suicide rates, report mandated Parental Rights - Access to statewide report, suicide rates for transgender students in public schools State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, suicide rates of transgender students, annual report Reports Mandated - Suicide rates among transgender students in public schools, Kentucky Department of Education Children and Minors - Transgender students in public schools, suicide rates, annual report mandated

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	J. Calloway
Summary	Retain some provisions of original bill; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; make legislative findings and declarations on the rights of parents as they relate to public schools and establish a standard to protect those rights; require public schools to establish a process to receive complaints of violations and to review appeals; establish specific parental rights as related to public schools; require public schools to adopt policies to protect those rights; establish limitations of applicability; require the Kentucky Department of Education to eliminate regulations in violation and develop recommended policies to public schools for compliance; make findings and declarations relating to controversial subject matter in common schools; establish a parental right of not having a child indoctrinated into any political position or being involved in advocacy in a controversial subject matter; establish limitations on school personnel related to instruction and discussion on sexual orientation, sexual preference, or gender expression, advocacy in the scope of employment, and actions based on the immutable characteristics of students; prohibit compelling school personnel to advocate for or against anything in opposition to sincerely held beliefs and convictions; require public schools to adopt enforcement policies; establish limitations; forbid student access to material, events, or programs that are obscene, harmful to minors, or contain obscene imagery representing minors; establish a parental right to expect that a child not be exposed to or given access to material, events, or programs that are not educationally suitable; require that public schools adopt policies to protect that right, including a complaint review and appeals process; allow a parent to require a school to limit their child's access to material, programs, or events that the parent believes are not educationally suitable; amend KRS 158.148 to establish a parental right to expect a child will not be bullied at school and require public schools to adopt policies to ensure notification and support of bullying victims, require an order of reporting to staff, and require specific time requirements for investigations; provide for an appeal and review of incidents; require identification of actions to prevent future acts of bullying or retaliation; require procedures for supporting victims; establish a parental right for their child to not be discriminated upon the basis of parental choice of school type in participation in a public school's extracurricular activities; establish conditions on that child's participation in public school extracurriculars; establish a short title of the Parents Have the Say in Education Act.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Parental rights, protection Obscenity and Pornography - Protection of students, prohibitions against matter harmful to minors Parental Rights - Public education, protection of students' and parents' rights Piggybacked Bills - HB 173 to SB 5 Boards and Commissions - Board of Education, parental rights, recommended policies Short Titles and Popular Names - Parents Have the Say in Education Act Teachers - Parental rights of students, protection Teachers - Sincerely held beliefs, protection Children and Minors - Parental rights, public education Claims - Parental rights of public school students, violation

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	D. Grossberg
Summary	Require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop protocols for the student information system to track the number of students for whom public schools have received a request to use pronouns that do not conform to the student's biological sex and the number of those students the public school is aware of who have attempted or committed suicide; require the department to compile data into an annual, statewide report; grant parents of children in public schools the right to obtain a copy of the report upon request.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Transgender students in public schools, suicide rates, report mandated Parental Rights - Access to statewide report, suicide rates for transgender students in public schools State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, suicide rates of transgender students, annual report Reports Mandated - Suicide rates among transgender students in public schools, Kentucky Department of Education Children and Minors - Transgender students in public schools, suicide rates, annual report mandated