KY SB 63
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to student journalist freedom.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did KY SB 63 pass?
No. KY SB 63 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): to Committee on Committees (S)
What is KY SB 63 about?
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; define terms; establish additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; establish protections for student media advisors; require each local school board to adopt a written policy for time, place, and manner restrictions and for an appeals procedure; provide that student speech not be considered school speech; allow for a student journalist or student media advisor to seek injunctive relief; provide that the Act may be cited as the New Voices Act.
Who sponsors KY SB 63?
R. Thomas, G. Neal are the primary sponsors of KY SB 63.
Description
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; define terms; establish additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; establish protections for student media advisors; require each local school board to adopt a written policy for time, place, and manner restrictions and for an appeals procedure; provide that student speech not be considered school speech; allow for a student journalist or student media advisor to seek injunctive relief; provide that the Act may be cited as the New Voices Act.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-12
- Latest action
- 2026-01-12 — to Committee on Committees (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- R. Thomasprimary
- G. Nealprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-12
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-01-12
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
- IntroducedCompare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:24.357326Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=KY&identifier=SB 63. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.