---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to sound that is recorded or performed live."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; obligate a Web site or online service or owner and operator who disseminates a commercial recording or audiovisual work of a third party to disclose his or her personal information on that Web site or online service; create a civil cause of action; create civil penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to prohibit a person from using a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation when advertising or conducting a live musical performance in the Commonwealth; permit the Attorney General or county attorney to bring a civil cause of action and assess a civil penalty; create a private cause of action; cite as the Kentucky True Origin of Digital Goods and Truth in Musical Advertising Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Kentucky SB 272 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Attorney General", "Attorney", "County", "Civil Actions", "Consumer Affairs", "Information Technology", "Short Titles and Popular Names", "Trade Practices and Retailing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Schroder", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc3a3e26-29c4-4916-866e-9c4b12bb111c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb272.html"
source_hash: "184e5def0f9276847ba7237d684b686d5c38bd32789e1c42908d455a779d9fd6"
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 272 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to sound that is recorded or performed live.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; obligate a Web site or online service or owner and operator who disseminates a commercial recording or audiovisual work of a third party to disclose his or her personal information on that Web site or online service; create a civil cause of action; create civil penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to prohibit a person from using a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation when advertising or conducting a live musical performance in the Commonwealth; permit the Attorney General or county attorney to bring a civil cause of action and assess a civil penalty; create a private cause of action; cite as the Kentucky True Origin of Digital Goods and Truth in Musical Advertising Act.

## 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/22RS/sb272/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 52** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0052.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb272/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 272 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- W. Schroder — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 10, 2022
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 52) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc3a3e26-29c4-4916-866e-9c4b12bb111c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).