AN ACT relating to consumer data privacy.
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; set the parameters for applicability of this Act; define various consumer rights related to data collection; require a data controller to comply with a consumer request to exercise those rights, including confirming whether or not a controller is processing the consumer's data and providing the consumer access to his or her data, deleting his or her personal data, providing a copy of the consumer's data that he or she previously provided in a portable and usable format, opting out of targeted advertising, opting out of tracking, and opting out of the sale or sharing of his or her personal data; require controllers to establish a process for consumers to appeal a controller's refusal to act on a consumer's request to exercise a right; set forth requirements for persons or entities that control or process personal data; require persons who control data to conduct data protection impact assessments; establish that the Attorney General has exclusive authority to enforce, with the exception of a private right of action by which consumers can seek injunctive relief for specific violations if the data controller or processor received an written notice of violation from the Attorney General and failed to cure the violation within 30 days; create a consumer privacy fund in the State Treasury to be administered by the Office of the Attorney General and direct that all civil penalties collected with regard to enforcement actions be deposited in the fund; set forth that this Act supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws adopted by a city, county, charter county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, unified local government, or local agency regarding the processing of personal data; amend KRS 367.240 to conform; allow the Act to be cited as the Kentucky Consumer Protection Data Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2023
Last action Mar 16, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 15, 2023
How they voted
23–2
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 28
Mar 15, 2023
D
Democratic4
100% Yea
R
Republican24
79% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
passed 32 -2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed to bill
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Jan 5, 2023
Committee
to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
upper
Jan 3, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 3, 2023
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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