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| Bill | AN ACT relating to the expression of religious or political viewpoints in public schools and public postsecondary institutions. Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination; require local boards of education to ensure that the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, and no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs; allow students to display religious messages on items of clothing, access public school facilities during noninstructional time as a religious student organization, use school media to announce student religious meetings, and meet as a religious student group during noninstructional time and before and after school to the same extent as students undertaking such actions in a nonreligious manner; permit public schools to sponsor artistic or theatrical programs that advance students' knowledge of society's cultural and religious heritage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a teacher to teach about religion with the use of the Bible or other scripture without providing religious instruction, and to teach about religious holidays in a secular manner; amend KRS 158.186 to require annual notification to local school boards, school-based decision making councils, and certified employees of statutes pertaining to religious freedom and expression in schools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to ensure that students are permitted to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in assignments free from discrimination, the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without the student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs, and there are no restrictions on speech that occurs outdoors on campus and is protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, except for restrictions that are reasonable, justified without reference to speech content, narrowly tailored to serve governmental interest, and limited to provide alternative options for the communication of the information. | AN ACT relating to the expression of religious or political viewpoints in public schools and public postsecondary institutions. Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination; require local boards of education to ensure that the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, and no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs; allow students to display religious messages on items of clothing, access public school facilities during noninstructional time as a religious student organization, use school media to announce student religious meetings, and meet as a religious student group during noninstructional time and before and after school to the same extent as students undertaking such actions in a nonreligious manner; permit public schools to sponsor artistic or theatrical programs that advance students' knowledge of society's cultural and religious heritage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a teacher to teach about religion with the use of the Bible or other scripture without providing religious instruction, and to teach about religious holidays in a secular manner; amend KRS 158.186 to require annual notification to local school boards, school-based decision making councils, and certified employees of statutes pertaining to religious freedom and expression in schools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to ensure that students are permitted to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in assignments free from discrimination, the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without the student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs, and there are no restrictions on speech that occurs outdoors on campus and is protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, except for restrictions that are reasonable, justified without reference to speech content, narrowly tailored to serve governmental interest, and limited to provide alternative options for the communication of the information. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2017RS | SB 17 | Kentucky SB 17 (2017RS) |
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enacted | 4 | 24 | 0 | 2017-01-03 | 2017-03-16 | openstates | ocd-bill/5e154a4f-207e-4d1d-88a8-f04dbe7c1cc3 | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB17.htm | 7457835ea6073195dd1b500b211f1b9ea2ba2a8aaf423aaa63b8305c81e4399e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky SB 17 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the expression of religious or political viewpoints in public schools and public postsecondary institutions. Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination; require local boards of education to ensure that the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, and no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs; allow students to display religious messages on items of clothing, access public school facilities during noninstructional time as a religious student organization, use school media to announce student religious meetings, and meet as a religious student group during noninstructional time and before and after school to the same extent as students undertaking such actions in a nonreligious manner; permit public schools to sponsor artistic or theatrical programs that advance students' knowledge of society's cultural and religious heritage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a teacher to teach about religion with the use of the Bible or other scripture without providing religious instruction, and to teach about religious holidays in a secular manner; amend KRS 158.186 to require annual notification to local school boards, school-based decision making councils, and certified employees of statutes pertaining to religious freedom and expression in schools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to ensure that students are permitted to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in assignments free from discrimination, the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without the student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs, and there are no restrictions on speech that occurs outdoors on campus and is protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, except for restrictions that are reasonable, justified without reference to speech content, narrowly tailored to serve governmental interest, and limited to provide alternative options for the communication of the information.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
- SB 17 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
- SCS1 (committee substitute) — source
- SFA1 (committee substitute) — source
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-03 Introduced in Senate
introduction - 2017-01-03 Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- 2017-01-03 1st reading
reading-1 - 2017-01-03 Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- 2017-01-04 Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- 2017-01-04 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2017-01-04 Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- 2017-01-07 To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
referral-committee - 2017-02-09 Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
- 2017-02-09 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 10, 2017
- 2017-02-09 Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2017-02-10 3rd reading, passed 31-3 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1)
reading-3, passage - 2017-02-10 Received in House
- 2017-02-21 To Education (H)
referral-committee - 2017-02-27 Posted in committee
- 2017-02-28 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
reading-1 - 2017-03-01 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2017-03-02 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
- 2017-03-06 3rd reading, passed 81-8
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-06 Received in Senate
- 2017-03-06 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- 2017-03-06 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- 2017-03-06 Delivered to Governor
- 2017-03-16 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 15)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e154a4f-207e-4d1d-88a8-f04dbe7c1cc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).