---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to administrative subpoenas."
description: "Amend KRS 500.120 to include social networking companies, mobile payment services, and cloud storage services as account holders subject to an administrative subpoena under various criminal statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Kentucky SB 169 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Children and Minors", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Internet", "Police", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08ee9e41-a3f0-4dae-9dd4-f9fbbbab00b9"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb169.html"
source_hash: "51b31dfdb3a23b3b595d0557507a092ab94420bb53324897948aa62648914c89"
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 169 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to administrative subpoenas.

Amend KRS 500.120 to include social networking companies, mobile payment services, and cloud storage services as account holders subject to an administrative subpoena under various criminal statutes.

## 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/25RS/sb169/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 74** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0074.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb169/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 169 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **87–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08ee9e41-a3f0-4dae-9dd4-f9fbbbab00b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).