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Bill	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.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 290	Kentucky HB 290 (2022RS)	bill	Education Higher Federal Laws and Regulations Short Titles and Popular Names Universities and Colleges	enacted	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	3	22	2	2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ec34e5f0-795f-4b2d-b95a-0234d50ba67c	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb290.html	ddab7c3ff1c063ffe7c64a4c111316f7f0e956f58711770c43ab740de8c911cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Acts Chapter 159 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/ec34e5f0-795f-4b2d-b95a-0234d50ba67c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).