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Introduced February 18, 2025

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2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to property rights to the use of an individual's image.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to define terms; establish that every individual has property rights to images of his or her unclothed body; establish how those property rights may be transferred or terminated; provide for liability, enforcement, and damages resulting from a violation of those property rights.

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This bill would create a legal right for Kentuckians to control the use of images of their unclothed body. It sets rules for how that right can be transferred or given up, and creates a process for holding someone liable and seeking damages if that right is violated. Who it may affect: any Kentuckian whose intimate images are shared or used without their consent, as well as those who create, distribute, or store such images.

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Legislative History

Mar 6, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Mar 6, 2025 · House
Received In House
Mar 5, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 38-0 With Floor Amendment (1)
Yea: 38
Nay: 0
Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
Floor Amendment (1) Filed (clerical)
Feb 27, 2025 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Wednesday, March 05, 2025 (clerical)
Feb 27, 2025 · Senate
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules
Feb 26, 2025 · Senate
Returned To Judiciary (S) (clerical)
Feb 26, 2025 · Senate
1st Reading (clerical)

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Amanda Mays Bledsoe

Senator · Senate District 12

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amanda.maysbledsoe@kylegislature.gov

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Donald Douglas

Senator · Senate District 22

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Donald.Douglas@kylegislature.gov
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Shelley Frommeyer

Senator · Senate District 24

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shelley.funkefrommeyer@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Gerald Neal

Gerald Neal

Senator · Senate District 33

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Gerald.Neal@kylegislature.gov
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Steve Rawlings

Senator · Senate District 11

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steve.rawlings@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Lindsey Tichenor

Lindsey Tichenor

Senator · Senate District 06

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lindsey.tichenor@kylegislature.gov

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