AN ACT relating to open records.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, to require officers, employees, and official custodians of public agencies to complete specified open records training; require official custodians to complete open records training every two years so long as they remain the official custodian; require the Attorney General to provide open records training to officers, employees, and official custodians of public agencies, but allow public agencies to provide their own training if the training would qualify as open records training and is approved by the Attorney General; require the training to be in a live format, but permit training to be performed remotely; amend KRS 61.870 to define "open records training"; amend KRS 61.876 to require every public agency to submit to the Attorney General contact information for its official custodian; require the Attorney General to maintain a database and publish on its website the contact information of each official custodian; amend KRS 15.257 to require the Attorney General to distribute information regarding any amendment to the Open Meetings or Open Records Acts to all official; require official custodians to disseminate the information provided by the Attorney General to employees of their respective agencies; amend KRS 61.872 to conform; make technical corrections.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 2, 2024
Last action Jan 12, 2024
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2
Jan 12, 2024
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Jan 2, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 2, 2024
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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