HB 20 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; provide that captured license plate data may be retained longer than 60 days only if it is being used in a criminal or insurance investigation or has become subject to a preservation of evidence notification; provide that any recorded images or data captured by an ALPR may be made available to the National Insurance Crime Bureau or its successor organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms and establish limitations on the introduction of identification devices on or within the human body; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for introduction of an identification device; amend KRS 508.152, relating to the unlawful use of tracking devices, to include the installation of a tracking device on the person or property of another without their consent and exempt parental tracking of minors from the prohibition.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Mar 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 1 edit
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The bill text has been updated from a 'Jacketed' version to the final 'GA' version, changing the bill number from BR 50 to HB 20. These are primarily technical formatting changes that reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process, with no substantive policy changes to the actual content.
TECHNICAL

Header information updated to reflect final bill number HB 20/GA instead of the previous BR 50 designation, indicating the bill has moved from introduction to its current final state.

Floor votes · House Feb 21, 2025

How they voted

941
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 104
Feb 21, 2025
D Democratic21
18 Yea 1 Nay 2
85% Yea
R Republican83
76 Yea 7
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 90-1
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
to Transportation (H)
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.