republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/sb-176.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to use of facial recognition technology.	Retain original provisions, except create a working group on facial technology; set membership, require the working group to adopt a model facial recognition technology policy by January 1, 2024, to govern use of facial recognition technology: set forth standards and components of the policy; require law enforcement agencies that use the technology to have a use policy in place.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	SB 176	Kentucky SB 176 (2022RS)	bill	Boards and Commissions Courts Criminal Procedure Local Mandate Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Technology	enacted	W. Westerfield	3	22	2	2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/01dddf29-e0ba-4a40-8d03-af6c55a18cfa	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb176.html	acdea1d6357003e4c01ab5b40fe29353223ec5182ccdad25b200d51751d1e79f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 176 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to use of facial recognition technology.

Retain original provisions, except create a working group on facial technology; set membership, require the working group to adopt a model facial recognition technology policy by January 1, 2024, to govern use of facial recognition technology: set forth standards and components of the policy; require law enforcement agencies that use the technology to have a use policy in place.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 147 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 176 w/ scs1 sfa1 — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• W. Westerfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2022
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 87-4 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 147) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01dddf29-e0ba-4a40-8d03-af6c55a18cfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).