HB 509 KY

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Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, to require a public agency to furnish an officer, employee, board member, or commission member an agency email account; define terms; allow the governing body of a public agency or its appointing authority to identify, in writing, the names of specific personnel that do not require the use of an agency-furnished email account; allow a public agency to issue an email address through a third-party provider if a public is incapable of issuing an agency-furnished email account; prohibit an employee or a member of a board, commission, or public agency from using an email account other than an agency-furnished or agency-designated email account; provide that an employee or member of a board, commission, or public agency who uses an email account other than an agency-furnished or agency-designated email account is subject to discipline or removal, as appropriate; amend KRS 61.870 to amend the definition of "public record"; amend KRS 61.848 to specify that any formal action taken by a public agency that does not comply with KRS 61.840, relating to conditions placed on public attendance at meetings, are voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction; make technical corrections; amend various other sections to conform.

• J. Hodgson Republican · primary
• D. Osborne Republican · primary
• J. Nemes Republican · primary

1. Feb 12, 2024 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 12, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 26, 2024 to State Government (H) · lower
4. Mar 7, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Mar 8, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Mar 8, 2024 floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
7. Mar 11, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2024 · lower
8. Mar 12, 2024 3rd reading, passed 61-31 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
9. Mar 13, 2024 received in Senate · upper
10. Mar 13, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
11. Mar 15, 2024 to State & Local Government (S) · upper
12. Mar 25, 2024 taken from State & Local Government (S) · upper
13. Mar 25, 2024 1st reading · lower
14. Mar 25, 2024 returned to State & Local Government (S) · upper
15. Mar 26, 2024 taken from State & Local Government (S) · upper
16. Mar 26, 2024 2nd reading · lower
17. Mar 26, 2024 returned to State & Local Government (S) · upper
18. Mar 27, 2024 reported favorably, to Rules · lower
19. Mar 27, 2024 floor amendments (1) and (2) and (3) filed · lower
20. Apr 12, 2024 floor amendments (4) and (5) filed · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF