2022 Regular Session • Kentucky Legislature
HB119: AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools.
Legislative Summary
Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to define "corporal punishment"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 503.110 to remove the exception that permitted the use of physical force by a teacher against a minor.
Bill History
12/9/2021
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
House of Representatives
1/4/2022
introduced in House
House of Representatives
1/4/2022
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(12/9/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Committee On Committees(House of Representatives)
Sine Die
Sponsors
Republican: 3
Democrat: 9
Primary Sponsor
Steve Riley
Republican