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KY HB4 (2025)
AN ACT relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : received in House
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
DEI Ban: Colleges
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text at apps.legislature.ky.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Engrossed text at apps.legislature.ky.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Enrolled text at apps.legislature.ky.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Chaptered text at apps.legislature.ky.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Chaptered text at apps.legislature.ky.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | introduced in House | |
| House | to Committee on Committees (H) | |
| House | to Postsecondary Education (H) | |
| House | taken from Postsecondary Education (H) | |
| House | 1st reading | |
| House | returned to Postsecondary Education (H) | |
| House | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) | |
| House | floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) filed to Committee Substitute | |
| House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025 | |
| House | 3rd reading | |
| House | Floor Amendments (1) and (6) defeated | |
| House | Floor Amendment (2) ruled out of order | |
| House | passed 81-18 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (7) and Committee Amendment (1-title) | |
| Senate | received in Senate | |
| Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) | |
| Senate | to Education (S) | |
| Senate | taken from Education (S) | |
| Senate | 1st reading | |
| Senate | returned to Education (S) | |
| Senate | taken from Education (S) | |
| Senate | 2nd reading | |
| Senate | returned to Education (S) | |
| Senate | Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15) and (16) filed | |
| Senate | reported favorably, to Rules | |
| Senate | floor amendment (17) filed to bill, floor amendment (18) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (19-title) filed | |
| Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | |
| Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day | |
| Senate | 3rd reading | |
| Senate | floor amendment defeated Floor Amendment (6) | |
| Senate | floor amendment defeated Floor Amendment (5) | |
| Senate | floor amendment defeated Floor Amendment (8) | |
| Senate | floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendments (17) and (18) | |
| Senate | floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15) and (16) | |
| Senate | passed 32-6 with Floor Amendment (19-title) | |
| House | received in House | |
| House | to Rules (H) | |
| House | taken from Rules (H) | |
| House | posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (19-title) | |
| House | House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (19-title) | |
| House | passed 79-17 | |
| House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House | |
| House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate | |
| House | delivered to Governor | |
| House | Vetoed | |
| Senate | received in House | |
| Senate | to Rules (H) | |
| Senate | taken from Rules | |
| Senate | posted for consideration of Governor's veto | |
| Senate | veto overridden | |
| Senate | passed 79-19 | |
| House | received in Senate | |
| House | to Rules (S) | |
| House | posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto | |
| House | veto overridden | |
| House | passed 32-6 | |
| Senate | received in House | |
| Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House | |
| Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate | |
| Senate | delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 120) |
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