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AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Section 1. KRS 344.130 is amended to read as follows:
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, "place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" means any place, store, or other establishment, either licensed or unlicensed, which supplies goods or services to the general public or which solicits or accepts the patronage or trade of the general public or which is supported directly or indirectly by government funds, except that:
(1) "Public accommodation, resort, or amusement" does not include a private club if its policies are determined by its members and its facilities or services are available only to its members and their bona fide guests;
(2) "Place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" does not include a rooming or boarding house containing not more than one (1) room for rent or hire and which is within a building occupied by the proprietor as his residence; and
(3) "Place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" does not include the nonprofit worship and recreational activities and facilities of a religious corporation, group, association, or society.
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HB 70 (BR 232) - T. Kerr, S. Baugh, R. Crimm, J. Draud, P. Marcotte, J. Reinhardt, J. Stewart, C. Walton
AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Amend KRS 344.130 to exclude religious nonprofit worship and recreational activities and facilities from the definition of "public accommodation, resort, or amusement" under the civil rights laws.
HB 70 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, T. Kerr) - Exclude a religious organization and its activities and facilities from the definition of "public accommodation, resort, or amusement" under the civil rights laws if the rental or sale of the public accommodation, resort, or amusement would not be consistent with the religious tenets of that religious organization.
HFA (2, K. Stein) - Exclude a religious organization from the definition of "public accommodation, resort, or amusement" under the civil rights laws if the rental or sale of the public accommodation would not be consistent with the religious tenets of that religious organization; specify the procedure for the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights to follow in enforcing the exclusion; make technical changes.
HFA (3, T. Kerr) - Exclude a religious organization from the definition of "public accommodation, resort, or amusement" under the civil rights laws if the rental or sale of the public accommodation would not be consistent with the religious tenets of the organization; prohibit the organization from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, color, or national origin; make technical changes.
HFA (4, T. Kerr) - Exclude a religious organization from the definition of "public accommodation, resort, or amusement" under the civil rights laws if the rental or sale of the public accommodation would not be consistent with the religious tenets of the organization; prohibit the organization from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, color, religion, or national origin under some circumstances; prohibit the organization from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, color, or national origin under other circumstances; make technical changes.
HFA (5, T. Kerr) - Exclude a religious organization from the definition of "public accommodation, resort, or amusement" under the civil rights laws if the rental or sale of the public accommodation would not be consistent with the religious tenets of the organization; prevent an organization from being designated a religious organization under the Act if the organization advocates hatred based on race, color, or national origin; prohibit a religious organization from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, color, religion, or national origin under some circumstances; prohibit a religious organization from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, color, or national origin under other circumstances; make technical changes.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s))
Jan 4-introduced in House; to Judiciary (H)
Jan 12-posting waived
Jan 13-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Jan 14-2nd reading, to Rules
Jan 18-floor amendment (1) filed ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Jan 25-floor amendments (2) and (3) filed
Jan 27-floor amendment (4) filed
Feb 1-floor amendment (5) filed
Feb 2-3rd reading, passed 82-17 with floor amendment (5)
Feb 3-received in Senate
Feb 7-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 18-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 17-12
Feb 24-received in House; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
Feb 25-enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-vetoed