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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to law enforcement records."
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description: "Amend KRS 61.878, relating to open records, to provide that law enforcement records shall be exempt from public inspection if the disclosure of the information could pose an articulable risk of harm to the law enforcement agency or its investigtion by revealing the identity of informants or witnesses not otherwise known."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2025RS"
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identifier: "HB 520"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 520 (2025RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Public Records and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6527644-11bc-49e0-a4ee-f301d8cca605"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb520.html"
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source_hash: "2195ed477b3eabfc2e0dc4974dc8e0e41a04515e3f0b92aeedbbebef725e3f18"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 520 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to law enforcement records.
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Amend KRS 61.878, relating to open records, to provide that law enforcement records shall be exempt from public inspection if the disclosure of the information could pose an articulable risk of harm to the law enforcement agency or its investigtion by revealing the identity of informants or witnesses not otherwise known.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb520/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0097.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb520/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASS HB 520 — **25–12** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **78–21** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
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- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-21 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
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- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
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- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 25-12 `passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
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- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 97) `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6527644-11bc-49e0-a4ee-f301d8cca605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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