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Passed Senate
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Last action · April 1, 2025
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 146)

Introduced February 18, 2025

House
Signed By Governor
2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to personally identifiable information.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit the disclosure of personally identifiable information of judicial officers or their immediate family members by a government agency if a written request not to disclose the information has been made; require a government agency to remove personally identifiable information of a judicial officer or immediate family member within 72 hours of receiving a written request for its removal; establish a civil cause of action for injunctive or declaratory relief for unauthorized disclosure.

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This bill creates new privacy protections for judges, court commissioners, and their immediate family members. It prohibits government agencies from sharing their personal identifying information if the judicial officer submits a written request, and requires agencies to remove that information within 72 hours of such a request. Judicial officers can take a government agency to court to seek relief if their information is disclosed without authorization. Who it may affect: judges, court commissioners, and their immediate family members.

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Legislative History

Apr 1, 2025 · House
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 146)
Mar 28, 2025 · House
Delivered To Governor (clerical)
Mar 28, 2025 · House
Enrolled, Signed By President Of The Senate
Mar 28, 2025 · House
Enrolled, Signed By Speaker Of The House
Mar 28, 2025 · House
Passed 77-17
Yea: 77
Nay: 17
Absent: 6
Mar 28, 2025 · House
House Concurred In Senate Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Mar 14, 2025 · House
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Mar 14, 2025 · House
To Rules (H)
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 35-0-1 With Committee Substitute (1)
Yea: 35
Nay: 0
Not voting: 1
Absent: 2
Mar 7, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 81-13 With Committee Substitute (1) And Floor Amendment (1)
Yea: 81
Nay: 13
Absent: 6

Primary Sponsor

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Portrait of John Blanton

John Blanton

Representative · House District 092

Primary sponsor
John.Blanton@kylegislature.gov

Bill Text Versions

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