---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to privacy."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit a public agency from requiring an individual or nonprofit organization to compel the release of personal information, release personal information in possession of the agency, or require a contractor or grantee with the public agency to provide a list of nonprofit organizations to which it provides financial support; create exceptions; create penalties; and include a severability clause; SHORT TITLE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Kentucky SB 62 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Auditor of Public Accounts", "Charitable Organizations and Institutions", "Public Authorities", "Public Records and Reports", "Short Titles and Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30a0b35-94ef-41f3-983a-4e9f27ef6942"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb62.html"
source_hash: "b547cf05c71aa5cf0c8dfe44edc511680f98eeef6e52a97e7df4af421cddc2e4"
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 SB 62 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to privacy.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit a public agency from requiring an individual or nonprofit organization to compel the release of personal information, release personal information in possession of the agency, or require a contractor or grantee with the public agency to provide a list of nonprofit organizations to which it provides financial support; create exceptions; create penalties; and include a severability clause; SHORT TITLE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb62/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0127.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb62/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 62 W/ hfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 62 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2023
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-3-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-6 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 27 -6 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 127) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e30a0b35-94ef-41f3-983a-4e9f27ef6942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).