21RS HB 520

House Bill 520

Actions

Last Action	02/23/21: to Judiciary (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to private information of public officials and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1147
Sponsors	J. Blanton, C. Massey
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 exempting personally identifiable information of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers from the Open Records Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a new offense of disseminating personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official; make the offense of disseminating personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official a Class A misdemeanor, unless disseminated recklessly, in which case it is a Class B misdemeanor; create a punishment of any dissemination of personally identifiable information performed intentionally or with the reason to believe the dissemination would result in serious physical injury to a law enforcement official or immediate family member as a Class C felony, or if the dissemination results in death of a law enforcement official or immediate family member a Class A felony; create a punishment if the resulting property damage is more than $500 but less than $10,000 as a Class D felony, more than $10,000 but less than $1,000,000 a class C felony, $1,000,000 or more a Class B felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit qualified persons to file a civil action for dissemination of personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official or immediate family member; cite as the Fred Capps Act; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Crimes and Punishments - Disseminating personally identifiable information, judges, prohibition Crimes and Punishments - Disseminating personally identifiable information, law enforcement, prohibit Crimes and Punishments - Disseminating personally identifiable information, prosecutors, prohibition Judges and Court Commissioners - Personally identifiable information, Open Records Act, exempt Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Personally identifiable information, Open Records Act, exempt Police, City and County - Personally identifiable information, Open Records Act, exempt Police, State - Personally identifiable information, Open Records Act, exempt Prosecutors - Personally identifiable information, Open Records Act, exempt Public Records and Reports - Judges, personally identifiable information, exempt Public Records and Reports - Law enforcement officers, personally identifiable information, exempt Public Records and Reports - Prosecutors, personally identifiable information, exempt Civil Actions - Disseminating personally identifiable information of a public official, action Effective Dates, Emergency - Disseminating personally identifiable information Corrections Impact - Disseminating personally identifiable information, judges, prohibition Local Mandate - Disseminating personally identifiable information, judges, prohibition

02/11/21	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/23/21	to Judiciary (H)