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Sponsor
S. Bratcher
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
04/15/26: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Effective date
Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
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AN ACT relating to student housing.
AN ACT relating to student housing.
What This Bill Does
AN ACT relating to student housing.
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Amendments
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Plain English: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT FORM
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Amend printed copy of HB 766
TITLE AMENDMENT
Amendment No.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT FORM
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Amend printed copy of HB 766
TITLE AMENDMENT
Amendment No.
Delete original provisions; create new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; require institutions that maintain a student housing requirement to establish an exemption process; include exemptions for military members; require an institution to make the exemption process publicly accessible on its website and in other locations; provide exceptions; provide the opportunity for a military member reporting for military orders during an academic semester to be temporarily absent or withdraw from an institution without fees or penalties; require public postsecondary education institutions to provide information on 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 student housing requirement exemptions to the Council on Postsecondary Education; require the council submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by July 1, 2028.
Plain English: UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 766/HCS 1
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HB076630.100 - 2002 - XXXX 3/17/2026 9:29 AM House Committee Substitute
AN ACT relating to student housing.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 766/HCS 1
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HB076630.100 - 2002 - XXXX 3/17/2026 9:29 AM House Committee Substitute
AN ACT relating to student housing.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1.
A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 164 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) As used in this section: 5
(a) "Institution" means a public postsecondary education institution or the 6
entity designated by a public postsecondary educa tion institution to manage 7
student housing; and 8
(b) "Student housing" means a facility owned, leased, contracted, occupied, or 9
operated by an institution that is used to provide residential 10
accommodations to students of a public postsecondary education institution.
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(2) Beginning with the 2027 –2028 academic year, an institution that maintains a 12
requirement for designated students to reside in student housing shall: 13
(a) Establish a process through which a student may request an exemption 14
from a student housing requirement; 15
(b) Provide an exemption to a student who: 16
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Bill History
2026-04-15Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2026-03-17Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-13Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
taken from Postsecondary Education (H) 1st reading returned to Postsecondary Education (H)
2026-03-05Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
to Postsecondary Education (H)
2026-02-26Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Official Summary Text
AN ACT relating to student housing.
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UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 2002
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AN ACT relating to student housing. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 164 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) As used in this section: 5
(a) "Residential dual enrollment program" means a dual enrollment program 6
in which students of the program reside in student housing; and 7
(b) "Student housing" means a facility owned, leased, contracted, occupied, or 8
operated by a public postsecondary education institution that is used to 9
provide residential accommodations to students of the institution. 10
(2) Beginning with the 2027 -2028 academic year, a public postsecondary education 11
institution shall not require a student who is within six (6) months of attaining 12
the age of eighteen (18) years or older on the first day of a semester to: 13
(a) Reside in student housing; 14
(b) Pay a fine or fee for not residing in student housing; or 15
(c) Enter into a student housing contract or agreement as a condition of 16
admission, enrollment, or entry into any activity, course, program, or 17
service offered by the institution. 18
(3) This section shall not apply to: 19
(a) A student who is not more than seventeen (17) years and six (6) months of 20
age on the first day of a semester and whose parent or guardian has not 21
submitted written consent for the student to reside outside of student 22
housing; 23
(b) Residential dual enrollment programs; or 24
(c) The model and practice school under KRS 164.380. 25