Kentucky 2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 9 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 421 — AN ACT relating to interscholastic extracurricular activities.

Last action — to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 16, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    10 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in a public school interscholastic extracurricular activity by an at-home private school student; establish criteria for participation; require a parent, guardian, or teacher of an at-home private school student participating in a public school interscholastic activity to verify the student's academic progress; declare a public school student who does not make academic progress at a public school and withdraws and enters an at-home private school program ineligible for participation in an interscholastic activity for the remainder of the school year; provide that the Act may be cited as the Play Fair Kentucky Act.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. introduced in House

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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10 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 128 not signed on

Sponsors (10)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (128)

128 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 421 do?
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in a public school interscholastic extracurricular activity by an at-home private school student; establish criteria for participation; require a parent, guardian, or teacher of an at-home private school student participating in a public school interscholastic activity to verify the student's academic progress; declare a public school student who does not make academic progress at a public school and withdraws and enters an at-home private school program ineligible for participation in an interscholastic activity for the remainder of the school year; provide that the Act may be cited as the Play Fair Kentucky Act.
Who sponsors HB 421?
HB 421 is sponsored by T.J. Roberts (Republican), Jason Nemes (Republican), Savannah Maddox (Republican), John Hodgson (Republican), Daniel Grossberg (Democrat), Steven Doan (Republican), Josh Calloway (Republican), Emily Callaway (Republican), Felicia Rabourn (Republican), and Ryan Dotson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 421?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 16, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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