---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to student discipline at public postsecondary education institutions."
description: "Amend KRS 164.370 to define terms; require a governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to adopt a code for student conduct, establish minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including a presumption of innocence, written notice, maintenance of an administrative file, the right to be present and participate meaningfully, the right to fair and impartial treatment, and the ability to bring a support person; establish enhanced minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension of 3 days or more, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including the right to be represented by counsel, to present relevant hearing evidence, and to cross-examine hearing testimony; provide a respondent that is suspended for 3 days or more, expelled, or has their campus housing terminated the right to appeal the results of a disciplinary hearing; provide that a participant has the right to appeal a Title IX allegation that does not result in a finding of a violation; provide a respondent or designated complainant shall have the right to appeal a final order of the governing board in Circuit Court; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to impede or delay law enforcement, impair an institution's ability to take reasonable interim measures in a student discipline matter, impair an institution's ability to effectuate a valid judicial order, impair an institution's ability to terminate a student's residence in campus housing for any other reason than a student disciplinary matter, or limit any addition rights afforded under Federal law; create a new section of KRS 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution to publish a report on student discipline every three years; establish the required contents of the report; permit a postsecondary education institution to apply to the Attorney General for an exemption when the institution maintains that required data cannot be adequately deidentified to conform to Federal Law; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Campus Due Process Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 290"
citation: "Kentucky HB 290 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher", "Federal Laws and Regulations", "Short Titles and Popular Names", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "B. McCool", "C. Massey", "D. Fister", "D. Lewis", "D. Osborne", "F. Rabourn", "J. Blanton", "J. Calloway", "J. Decker", "J. Nemes", "K. Banta", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "K. Timoney", "L. Bechler", "M. Hart", "M. Lockett", "M. Prunty", "P. Flannery", "P. Pratt", "R. Dotson", "R. White", "S. Heavrin", "S. Maddox", "W. Lawrence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec34e5f0-795f-4b2d-b95a-0234d50ba67c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb290.html"
source_hash: "ddab7c3ff1c063ffe7c64a4c111316f7f0e956f58711770c43ab740de8c911cb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 290 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to student discipline at public postsecondary education institutions.

Amend KRS 164.370 to define terms; require a governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to adopt a code for student conduct, establish minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including a presumption of innocence, written notice, maintenance of an administrative file, the right to be present and participate meaningfully, the right to fair and impartial treatment, and the ability to bring a support person; establish enhanced minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension of 3 days or more, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including the right to be represented by counsel, to present relevant hearing evidence, and to cross-examine hearing testimony; provide a respondent that is suspended for 3 days or more, expelled, or has their campus housing terminated the right to appeal the results of a disciplinary hearing; provide that a participant has the right to appeal a Title IX allegation that does not result in a finding of a violation; provide a respondent or designated complainant shall have the right to appeal a final order of the governing board in Circuit Court; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to impede or delay law enforcement, impair an institution's ability to take reasonable interim measures in a student discipline matter, impair an institution's ability to effectuate a valid judicial order, impair an institution's ability to terminate a student's residence in campus housing for any other reason than a student disciplinary matter, or limit any addition rights afforded under Federal law; create a new section of KRS 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution to publish a report on student discipline every three years; establish the required contents of the report; permit a postsecondary education institution to apply to the Attorney General for an exemption when the institution maintains that required data cannot be adequately deidentified to conform to Federal Law; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Campus Due Process Protection Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb290/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0159.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb290/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE HB 290 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- B. McCool — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Calloway — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Lockett — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Dotson — primary (person)
- R. White — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 10, 2022
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 71-19 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Education (S)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Education (S)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Judiciary (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 24-10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 159) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec34e5f0-795f-4b2d-b95a-0234d50ba67c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).