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Senate Bill 317

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Last Action	03/13/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to commercial rights to the use of names, voices, and likenesses.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	1661
Sponsors	W. Westerfield, R. Thomas
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to define terms; establish property rights in every individual's name, voice, or likeness; establish how those property rights may be transferred or terminated; provide for liability, enforcement, and damages resulting from violation of those property rights.
Index Headings of Original Version	Economic Development - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit Science and Technology - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness Wills and Estates - Property rights, name, voice, and likeness, enforcement Information Technology - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness Civil Actions - Property rights, name, voice, and likeness, enforcement Consumer Affairs - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit Telecommunications - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit Technology - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit Property - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness
Jump to Proposed Amendments	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Votes	Vote History

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02/27/24	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/29/24	to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
03/07/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/08/24	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2024
03/12/24	3rd reading, passed 36-2 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/13/24	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend the definitions of "digital depiction" and "digital voice replica" to make technical changes; delete the provision that property rights of an executor, transferee, heir, or devisee to an individual for commercial purposes may be terminated by proof of nonuse for two consecutive years subsequent to the 10-year period following the individual's death; amend the First Amendment violation provision to add specific uses that are not a violation of this Act.
Index Headings	Economic Development - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit Property - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness Science and Technology - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness Wills and Estates - Property rights, name, voice, and likeness, enforcement Information Technology - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness Civil Actions - Property rights, name, voice, and likeness, enforcement Consumer Affairs - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit Telecommunications - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit Technology - Digital property rights, name, voice, and likeness, commercial benefit

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