AN ACT relating to terrorist activity.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct school districts and public schools to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; prohibit a school district, public school, or student organization from providing material support or resources to a designated terrorist organization; provide that if a school determines that an affiliated student organization has provided material support or resources, the school district shall notify law enforcement and defund and disband the student organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to direct public postsecondary education institutions to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; provide that an institution or a student or faculty organization registered or affiliated with the institution shall not provide material support or resources to a designated terrorist organization; provide that if an institution determines that an affiliated student or faculty organization has provided material support or resources, the school district shall notify law enforcement, defund the student or faculty organization, and terminate the student or faculty organization's registration or affiliation with the institution; provide that the General Assembly shall not appropriate public funds to an institution that has not acted to protect Jewish students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that when there is an allegation that unlawful conduct is targeting an individual or group based on any actual or perceived connection to any aspect of Jewish identity, the relevant authorities shall also consider whether the alleged unlawful discriminatory conduct or practice was motivated by antisemitic intent; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that any foreign alien who endorses or espouses terrorist activity in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be subject to immediate arrest and deportation.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2024
Last action Mar 7, 2024
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Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Mar 7, 2024
Committee
to Education (H)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Sharp
RRepublican
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