a measure to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses is advancing in Kentucky State House, but not without pushback.

Senate Joint Resolution 55 would direct more resources to Jewish students, especially in the face of harassment.

But there is a rift among some lawmakers about the approach.

Our June Lefler has the latest as we begin tonight's legislative update.

pro-Palestinian activists testified today that this resolution would target their speech against the Israeli government.

The Trump administration has already cut some of Columbia University's funding and detained a pro-Palestinian activists in the name of antisemitism.

I do not feel cared for as a Jew living in diaspora by policy produced by organizations that seem to fret more over anti-occupation protests than very successful online neo-Nazi radicalization campaigns.

I fear that further ways this bill can be used to sanction and harm students and educators.

Speaking out on profound abuses by a country that our country materially supports and arms.

A pro-Israel rabbi says this resolution does not target protests.

This bill is very, very clear.

This is not inhibiting free speech.

But when someone goes to the dorm room, one of my students, the University of Kentucky, and carves a swastika into her dorm room when someone says, We're going to come to get you for what you did in Gaza to my nine year old child as she walks across the University of Kentucky's campus, that has nothing to do with the policies of Israel.

A Democrat from Louisville says this resolution seems in stark contrast to House Bill four that dismantles programs, offices and policies that ban differential or preferential treatment of gender, racial and religious minorities in higher education.

I do have concerns that I think is important enough to to restate that about what we are doing at our universities with diversity, equity and inclusion and our effort to keep students safe.

It feels like we are trying to pull together a very specific group of students who, while there are definitely incidents that I do not condone, it feels tone deaf to what is happening to so many other groups of students.

Our Muslim students, for example, our LGBTQ students.

Black students.

Senate Joint Resolution 55 passed through the House Post-Secondary Education Committee today and now heads to the House floor for a final vote.

One Republican and two Democrats passed on the measure.

Two Democrats voted against it.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm June Leffler.