Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB766: AN ACT relating to student housing.
Status: In committee, April 15, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary education institutions from requiring a student who is within 6 months of turning 18 years of age or older to reside in student housing; provide exceptions.
What the bill says
An act relating to student housing.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT relating to student housing. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 164 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Institution" means a public postsecondary education institution or the entity designated by a public postsecondary education institution to manage student housing; and (b) "Student housing" means a facility owned, leased, contracted, occupied, or operated by an institution that is used to provide residential accommodations to students of a public postsecondary education institution. (2) Beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, an institution that maintains a requirement for designated students to reside in student housing shall: (a) Establish a process through which a student may request an exemption from a student housing requirement; (b) Provide an exemption to a student who: 1. Is a current member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a state National Guard, or a reserve component; or 2. Has served in the Armed Forces of the United States, a state National Guard, or a reserve component and was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable; (c) Create and make publicly available a website containing the general criteria and procedures used to evaluate requests for exemption from student housing requirements. By August 1, 2026, the …
Sponsors
- Steve Bratcher (R, HD-025) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : returned to Postsecondary Education (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Postsecondary Education (H)
- : to Postsecondary Education (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Education, Higher, Children And Minors, Parental Rights, Universities And Colleges, Public Buildings And Grounds
Common questions
- What is HB766?
- HB766 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to student housing.
- What does HB766 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to student housing.
- What is the status of HB766?
- In committee as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB766?
- Steve Bratcher (R, HD-025).
- Where is the official record for HB766?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb766.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.