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KY SB179

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Lindsey Tichenor

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Kentucky Women's Bill of Rights" establishing legal definitions for sex-based terms: "female" and "male" are defined by reproductive biology (ova or sperm production), with "woman/girl" and "man/boy" defined accordingly.

  • Declares that sex is binary, objective, and fixed, explicitly excluding gender identity from the legal definition of sex under Kentucky law.

  • Authorizes the Commonwealth and political subdivisions to maintain single-sex environments in prisons, athletics, living facilities, locker rooms, bathrooms, domestic violence shelters, and rape crisis centers without violating antidiscrimination laws.

  • Requires public schools, state agencies, and local governments collecting vital statistics to identify individuals as either male or female based on the Act's biological definitions.

  • Includes a severability clause allowing remaining provisions to stand if any portion is ruled invalid.

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to sex-based classifications.

Corrections Impact

Last Action

to Committee on Committees (S)

2/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Committee on Committees2/10/2026

Full Bill Text

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