---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to disclosure of body-worn camera recordings. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; specify that body-worn camera recordings are governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act and the retention of body-worn camera recordings is governed by KRS 171.410 to 170.740; provide exceptions as to when a public agency may elect not to disclose body-worn camera recordings; specify procedures for requesting body- worn camera recordings; require that any person or agency that wishes to disclose, publicly display, or duplicate body-worn camera recordings must first give notice to any non-law enforcement agency or person depicted in the recording; create a new cause of action for enumerated persons who are not provided notice of disclosure of the recording; clarify that nothing in this section should be interpreted to override KRS 17.150 or the laws governing discovery in either criminal or civil litigation or in an administrative proceeding."
description: "AN ACT relating to disclosure of body-worn camera recordings. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; specify that body-worn camera recordings are governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act and the retention of body-worn camera recordings is governed by KRS 171.410 to 170.740; provide exceptions as to when a public agency may elect not to disclose body-worn camera recordings; specify procedures for requesting body- worn camera recordings; require that any person or agency that wishes to disclose, publicly display, or duplicate body-worn camera recordings must first give notice to any non-law enforcement agency or person depicted in the recording; create a new cause of action for enumerated persons who are not provided notice of disclosure of the recording; clarify that nothing in this section should be interpreted to override KRS 17.150 or the laws governing discovery in either criminal or civil litigation or in an administrative proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "Kentucky HB 373 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Osborne", "R. Benvenuti III"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0119d6c7-d664-4ac8-a15f-5462d52c0571"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB373.htm"
source_hash: "c21980dcb48efef5b36951518f993b831dd7e88d94760abfad2eb357da0bb1ae"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 373 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to disclosure of body-worn camera recordings. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; specify that body-worn camera recordings are governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act and the retention of body-worn camera recordings is governed by KRS 171.410 to 170.740; provide exceptions as to when a public agency may elect not to disclose body-worn camera recordings; specify procedures for requesting body- worn camera recordings; require that any person or agency that wishes to disclose, publicly display, or duplicate body-worn camera recordings must first give notice to any non-law enforcement agency or person depicted in the recording; create a new cause of action for enumerated persons who are not provided notice of disclosure of the recording; clarify that nothing in this section should be interpreted to override KRS 17.150 or the laws governing discovery in either criminal or civil litigation or in an administrative proceeding.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 373 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB373/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB373/HCS1.pdf)
3. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB373/HFA1.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB373/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- R. Benvenuti III — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 13, 2018
- **2018-03-13** 3rd reading, passed 94-2 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-14** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-15** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-20** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-21** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-22** Reported favorably, to Rules
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 35-2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 139) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0119d6c7-d664-4ac8-a15f-5462d52c0571`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).