Kentucky House Bill 19

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 500.130 to define terms; provide that the use of an unmanned aircraft system is not prohibited in the case of recreational or professional use if there is not intent to conduct surveillance on private property and there is no unauthorized use or publication of images of individuals or areas of private property, or in the case of an insurance company for purposes of underwriting a risk or investigating damage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil action; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for the civil action.

AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Rep. John Hodgson [R]	Rep. Shane Baker [R]	Rep. Jared Bauman [R]	Rep. John Blanton [R]
Rep. Emily Callaway [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]	Rep. Jim Gooch [R]
Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Thomas Huff [R]	Rep. Mary Imes [R]
Rep. DJ Johnson [R]	Rep. Matt Lockett [R]	Rep. Candy Massaroni [R]	Rep. Bobby McCool [R]
Rep. Marianne Proctor [R]	Rep. Tom Smith [R]	Rep. Nancy Tate [R]	Rep. Walker Thomas [R]
Rep. Ken Upchurch [R]	Rep. Susan Tyler Witten [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-01-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb19.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb19/orig_bill.pdf