25RS HB 513

House Bill 513

Actions

Last Action	02/21/25: to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to children and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1704
Sponsors	S. Stalker, G. Brown Jr., B. Chester-Burton
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 158.1415 to remove provisions related to parental rights and courses, curriculums, or programs on human sexuality, provide for a process for parents to opt out of their child receiving instruction on the subject of human sexuality; amend KRS 158.191 to remove provisions requiring a school obtain parental consent prior to providing health services or mental health services to students; remove language concerning policies to encourage or facilitate conversations between parents and students; remove language limiting Kentucky Board of Education or Department of Education policies regarding student confidential information and the use of pronouns; require a local school district to use pronouns for students that the student requests; amend KRS 158.189 to remove findings and requirements that a local board of education adopt a policy on privacy and the use of student facilities; require a school to provide an accommodation to a students who asserts to school officials that their gender is different from their biological sex that includes the use of facilities designated for the gender of which the students identify; permit alternate accommodations upon the student's request; repeal KRS 311.372, which prohibits treatments to a minor for purposes of attempting to alter the appearance or perception of the minor's sex; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Facilities use by students of opposite biological sex, authorization Education, Elementary and Secondary - Health services related to human sexuality, parental rights, modification Education, Elementary and Secondary - Human sexuality programs, parental rights, requirements, modification Effective Dates, Emergency - Medical treatments inconsistent with student's sex, repeal prohibition Effective Dates, Emergency - Parent and student rights, public education, provision Health and Medical Services - Treatments to minors inconsistent with sex, repeal prohibition Parental Rights - Treatments to minors inconsistent with sex, repeal prohibition Children and Minors - Health services related to human sexuality, parental rights, modification Children and Minors - Human sexuality programs, parental rights, modification Children and Minors - Medical treatments inconsistent with student's sex, repeal prohibition Children and Minors - School bathroom use by students of opposite biological sex, modification

02/13/25	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/21/25	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)