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KY SB179
Bill
Status
2/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Lindsey Tichenor
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AI Summary
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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.
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Declares that sex is binary, objective, and fixed, explicitly excluding gender identity from the legal definition of sex under Kentucky law.
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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.
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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.
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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