Senate Bill 150

Actions | Amendments
Last Action 03/29/23: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 132)
Title AN ACT relating to children.
Bill Documents Acts Chapter 132
Current/Final
Introduced
Bill Request Number 65
Sponsors M. Wise, G. Boswell, D. Carroll, S. Funke Frommeyer, R. Girdler, S. Meredith, R. Mills, J. Schickel, B. Storm, L. Tichenor, P. Wheeler, G. Williams, M. Wilson
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish definitions; require specific parental notifications from public schools; require school districts to adopt specific procedures related to parental rights; limit authority of the Kentucky Board of Education and Kentucky Department of Education in relation to parental rights and a student's use of pronouns; prohibit district or school policies with the intent of keeping student information confidential for parents; prohibit a school district from requiring school personnel or pupils to use pronouns for students that do not conform to that student's biological sex; provide school districts and district personnel authority to seek emergency medical services for a student; provide conditions for student confidentiality; amend KRS 158.1415 to establish requirements for any public school's course, curriculum, or program on the subject of human sexuality.
Index Headings of Original Version Education, Elementary and Secondary - Parental rights, public schools
Parental Rights - Human sexuality education, public schools
Parental Rights - Information, public schools
State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, parental rights to information, limit on authority
State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, student pronoun usage, limit on authority
Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, parental rights to information, limit on authority
Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, student pronoun usage, limit on authority
Teachers - District employees, rights, use of pronouns
Teachers - Student information, parental rights
Children and Minors - Parental rights, public schools
Children and Minors - Rights, public schools
Jump to Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1
Senate Floor Amendment 1
Senate Floor Amendment 2
Senate Floor Amendment 3
Senate Floor Amendment 4
Senate Floor Amendment 5
Senate Floor Amendment 6
Senate Floor Amendment 7
House Committee Substitute 1
House Committee Amendment 1
House Floor Amendment 1
House Floor Amendment 2
House Floor Amendment 3
House Floor Amendment 4
Votes Vote History
Governor's Veto Message Veto

Actions

Top | Amendments
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)

Proposed Amendments

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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

Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)