26RS HB 323

House Bill 323

Actions

Last Action	01/12/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to government social media accounts.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	418
Sponsors	K. Holloway, J. Calloway, C. Massaroni
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "public agency," "harassment," "obscene," and "social media platform"; prohibit a public agency, or individual acting on behalf of a public agency, from disabling, deleting, blocking, hiding, or otherwise preventing a person or entity from commenting on a social media platform designated by the public agency to communicate government business or on an account of an individual with the authority to speak on behalf of the public agency acting on its behalf on his or her personal account; permit a public agency, or individual acting on behalf of a public agency, to disable or delete comments that are libelous or slanderous, obscene, would be considered harassment, or would pose an imminent threat to public safety as determined by a court; allow a person or entity to bring forth an action against a public agency, or an individual acting on behalf of a public agency, for any violation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 defining "official electronic school communication"; prohibit a public school, school district, or individual acting in his or her capacity on behalf of a public school or school district from directly or indirectly publishing an official electronic school communication to advocate for or against a political topic, party, candidate, or question; prohibit a public school, school district, or individual acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of a public school or school district from restricting lawful public commentary on a political topic, party, or question if the public school, school district, or person acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of a public school or school district directly or indirectly publishes such commentary on an official electronic school communication.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary And Secondary - Social media accounts, official communications, political topics or questions, requirement Local Government - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Public Officers And Employees - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Public Records And Reports - Governmental entities, social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Special Districts - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Special Purpose Governmental Entities - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement State Agencies - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement State Employees - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Cities - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Communications - Governmental entities, social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Consolidated Local Governments - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Counties - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement Counties, Urban - Social media accounts, government business, individual comments, requirement