facilities supported by government funds prohibited.
(1) It shall be an unlawful practice to deny an individual, because of sex, the full and
equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and
accommodations of a restaurant, hotel, motel, or any facility supported directly or
indirectly by government funds.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(a) Restrooms, shower rooms, bath houses and similar facilities which are in their
nature distinctly private;
(b) YMCA, YWCA and similar type dormitory lodging facilities;
(c) The exemptions contained in KRS 344.130;
(d) Hospitals, nursing homes, penal or similar facilities, to require that men and
women be in the same room.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 6.
Notes of Decisions
Anderson v. Bd. of Educ. of Fayette Cnty., 616 F. Supp. 2d 662 (E.D. Ky. 2009).
“The Court will dismiss all claims arising under federal law and over which it had original jurisdiction, leaving Plaintiffs’ state law claims of battery, outrage, intentional infliction, failure to supervise, and Plaintiffs’ claims under KRS 344.145 and KRS 620.030. These state…”
Conner v. Patton, 133 S.W.3d 491 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004).
“See KRS 344.145, 344.360, 344.367, 344.370, 344.”
Myranda Juarez v. Brooke Schilling (Ky. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “1456 makes it unlawful “to deny an individual, because of sex, the full and equal enjoyment of 6 We note that it is questionable whether Juarez properly alleged a Kentucky Civil Rights claim based on KRS 344.145. During the proceedings below, she cited to KRS 344.”
Hollon v. HCA Healthcare, Inc. (E.D. Ky. 2025).
· cites it 2× “140] ), and in restaurants, hotels, motels, or facilities supported by government funds, on the basis of sex (KRS § 344.145] ). See also Klotz v. Shular, No.”
E.M.J. v. Garrard Cnty. Bd. of Educ. (E.D. Ky. 2019).
“KRS 344.145 prohibits gender-based discriminatory denial of “full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations[,]” while KRS 344.”
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