Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB567: AN ACT relating to open records.
Status: Failed, April 15, 2026
Amend KRS 61.870 to change the definition of "resident of the Commonwealth"; amend KRS 61.872 to allow the official custodian of public records to require government-issued photo identification that includes an address from an applicant requesting to inspect records as proof that they are a resident of the Commonwealth; allow the agency to require a different form of identification or proof if the applicant does not possess photo identification; amend KRS 61.876 to conform.
What the bill says
An act relating to open records.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to open records. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 61.870 is amended to read as follows: As used in KRS 61.870 to 61.884, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Public agency" (b) Every state or local government department, division, bureau, board, commission, and authority; (c) Every state or local legislative board, commission, committee, and officer; (d) Every county and city governing body, council, school district board, special district board, and municipal corporation; (e) Every state or local court or judicial agency; (f) Every state or local government agency, including the policy-making board of an institution of education, created by or pursuant to state or local statute, executive order, ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act; (g) Any body created by state or local authority in any branch of government; (h) Any body which, within any fiscal year, derives at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its funds expended by it in the Commonwealth of Kentucky from state or local authority funds. However, any funds derived from a state or local authority in compensation for goods or services that are provided by a contract obtained through a public competitive procurement process shall not be included in the determination of whether a body is a public agency under this subsection; (i) Any …
Sponsors
- Patrick Flannery (R, HD-096) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : passed 28-6 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (5) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- : floor amendment (4) withdrawn
- : floor amendment (3) withdrawn
- : floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- : committee amendment (1) withdrawn
- : 3rd reading
- : floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute
Votes
- Senate: PASS HB 567 w/ SCS 1, SFA 5, SFA 2 (T) (SCS 1) RSN# 4111 (April 1, 2026): 28 yea, 6 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 249 (March 13, 2026): 71 yea, 19 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Special Districts, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Special Purpose Governmental Entities, Universities And Colleges, State Employees, Boards And Commissions, Local Mandate
Common questions
- What is HB567?
- HB567 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to open records.
- What does HB567 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to open records.
- What is the status of HB567?
- Failed as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB567?
- Patrick Flannery (R, HD-096).
- Where is the official record for HB567?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb567.html
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