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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 586 establishes sunscreen possession rules for students and youth camp attendees and updates health service delegations
Last action · March 4, 2026: received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)Sponsor: Mike Clines
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 586 requires local school boards and s to adopt policies allowing students and children to possess and self-apply FDA-approved sunscreen without a prescription. The bill also updates statutory definitions related to youth camps, specifies who may administer in schools, and grants liability protection to school employees performing delegated medical procedures under certain federal guidelines.
Students and attendees gain explicit statutory rights to carry and apply sunscreen independently, while school districts and youth camps must update their operational policies accordingly. Additionally, school employees acting as agents under proper medical delegation receive specific liability protections.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
public school students
Students gain statutory permission to possess and self-apply sunscreen at school and school-sponsored programs based on grade-level rules.
youth camp attendees
Children attending youth camps gain the right to carry and self-administer parent-provided or child-provided sunscreen.
local boards of education
School boards must update and adopt specific policies regarding student sunscreen possession, use, and health service delegations.
school employees
Employees delegated to perform medical procedures receive liability protection under federal law absent clear and convincing evidence of negligence or misconduct.
Key Facts
- Local boards of education must adopt policies allowing kindergarten through grade five students to possess and self-apply sunscreen with written parental permission, and grade six through twelve students to possess and self-apply sunscreen without required parental permission.
- School sunscreen policies must cover possession and use during school hours, school-sponsored activities, and before-school, after-school, or summer care programs provided by the school.
- Each youth camp must adopt a policy authorizing a child to carry and self-administer child-provided or parent-provided sunscreen while attending camp.
- Sunscreen is legally defined as a product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use to limit ultraviolet light-induced skin damage and is not classified as a prescription or nonprescription drug requiring a prescription.
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- School health services may be provided within a professional's scope of practice by a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, qualified nonlicensed health technician, or trained school employee.
- If no school employee is trained and delegated to perform a health service, the school district must make necessary arrangements to prevent service disruptions from affecting student attendance or program participation.
- School employees properly delegated to perform medical procedures act as school agents and receive liability protection under the Federal Paul P. Coverdell Teacher Liability Protection Act of 2001, unless claimant establishes negligence or willful misconduct.
- Statutory definitions for criminal offenses against minors, local government youth day camps, sex crimes, staff members, and violent offenders are updated under KRS 194A.380.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do middle and high school students need parental permission to carry sunscreen at school?
Are youth camps required to allow children to carry sunscreen?
Who is authorized to provide health services in a school setting?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in the Senate.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 4, 2026SenateIntroducedreceived in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
- Mar 3, 2026HouseFloor3rd reading, passed 94-3
- Mar 2, 2026Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
- Feb 26, 2026HouseFloor2nd reading, to Rules
- Feb 25, 2026Housereported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- Feb 13, 2026HouseCommitteeto Primary and Secondary Education (H)
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- Feb 6, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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