State AI law
Kentucky
AI laws
We track 26 artificial-intelligence bills and regulations in Kentucky. 5 have been signed or enacted.
Last updated Oct 12, 2026 · How we collect and check bills
Where Kentucky’s bills stand
26 bills- Introduced
- 0
- In committee
- 0
- Passed a chamber
- 0
- Signed or enacted
- 5
- Dead or vetoed
- 21
Overview
How Kentucky regulates AI
Kentucky has 26 published AI-related bills in our register, 5 of them signed or enacted. Every bill below links to its own page with the status, dates and a plain-English summary.
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Kentucky AI bills
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Kentucky's HB 366 (2026 Ky. Acts Ch. 109) amends KRS 531.335, the crime of possessing or viewing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, to state that the sexual performance may be by a computer-generated image of a minor. Possession or viewing is a Class D felony, or a Class C felony if the image portrays a child under 12. A person convicted may not be released on probation or parole until serving 85 percent of the sentence imposed. Signed April 13, 2026.
AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
Kentucky's HB 58 (2026) makes it unlawful for anyone, including the state and local governments, to use automated license plate readers (ALPRs: high-speed cameras plus data processing that turn vehicle and plate images into computer-readable data) except for listed purposes such as parking, secured-area access, public safety and auto theft, law enforcement, commercial vehicle enforcement and tolls. Captured data generally may not be kept over 90 days or sold or shared, with exceptions for police, insurers and lenders. Violations carry fines of $20 to $2,000, up to one year in jail, or both. Signed April 10, 2026 (Acts Ch. 71).
AN ACT relating to addictive online platforms.
Not law. As introduced, HB 227 would have regulated both AI companion platforms and large social media platforms in Kentucky: addictive features for minors, age verification, verifiable parental consent for children's accounts, a private right of action and Attorney General enforcement. The House committee substitute removed the AI companion platform provisions, leaving a social media bill, which the House passed 96-0 on March 9, 2026. It then stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee and died when the 2026 session ended.
AN ACT relating to artificial intelligence and declaring an emergency.
Not law. As passed by the House 88-7 on February 23, 2026, HB 455 would have barred anyone from providing or advertising therapy or psychotherapy in Kentucky, including through internet-based AI, unless a licensed professional performs it. Licensed therapists could have used AI only for administrative and supplementary support such as scheduling, billing and notes, with written notice and consent before using AI on recorded sessions, and AI could not make therapeutic decisions or treatment plans without their approval. Fines up to $10,000 per violation. It reached the Senate but got no further action before the 2026 regular session ended.
AN ACT relating to mental health chatbots.
Kentucky's HB 641 (the Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Act, as introduced) would add sections to KRS Chapter 367 regulating suppliers of mental health chatbots, AI systems that use generative AI to hold therapy-like conversations. Suppliers could not sell or share users' health information or input, would have to label and disclose any advertising, and would have to disclose every 30 minutes that the chatbot is AI. The Attorney General could fine up to $2,500 per violation. Introduced February 13, 2026 and referred to the House Small Business & Information Technology Committee; it died in committee when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to data privacy.
Kentucky's HB 633, the Kentucky Kid's Code, would add duties to the Consumer Data Protection Act for large online services used by minors: highest-privacy defaults, controls over algorithmic feeds, limits on algorithmic recommendations linking adults and minors, and bans on profiling, targeted ads, dark patterns and certain push notifications. Introduced February 12, 2026; sent to the House Small Business & Information Technology Committee February 20, 2026. It died when the 2026 session ended without passing.
AN ACT relating to data privacy, portability, and interoperability.
Kentucky's HB 559, the Kentucky Digital Choice Act (2026 session), would have given users of social media services and AI model operators data portability, deletion and interoperability rights. Companies and operators would have had to answer copy or deletion requests within five business days and offer open-protocol interoperability interfaces. Only the Attorney General could enforce it, with damages of up to $7,500 per continued violation after a 30-day cure period. It was referred to committee February 11, 2026 and died when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
Kentucky's HB 63 (2026 session) would have created a civil cause of action and a felony for disseminating a 'deep fake': realistic media that appears to show a person saying or doing something they did not, depends substantially on technical means, and lacks adequate labeling. A natural person who willfully and knowingly disseminated one without the depicted person's written consent would have been liable for damages, with a three-year limitation period; a criminal offense would have been a Class D felony. Referred to House Judiciary January 14, 2026; died when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.
Kentucky's HB 223 (2026 session) would have amended KRS 186.763 to bar school districts from operating a fully autonomous vehicle as a school bus or using one to transport students, and to bar operating a fully autonomous vehicle on state highways if it requires an operator with a commercial driver's license. It would also have amended the truck platooning statute (KRS 281.764) to require an endorsed commercial driver behind the wheel of each vehicle in a platoon, not only the lead vehicle. Referred to House Transportation January 14, 2026; died when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to the use of algorithmic devices in setting the amount of rent to be charged to a residential tenant.
Kentucky's HB 201 (2026 session) would have barred a landlord from employing, using or relying on an 'algorithmic device', or causing another person to, in setting residential rent. An algorithmic device is a device using algorithms to perform calculations of data that advises a landlord on rent, including products incorporating one, but not a product designed internally and used exclusively by a landlord or its affiliates. A violation would have been an unfair or deceptive practice under KRS 367.170 enforced by the Attorney General. Referred to House Judiciary January 14, 2026; died when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to data privacy.
Kentucky's HB 33, the Kentucky Price Fairness Act (2026 session), would have amended the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (KRS 367.3611 and 367.3617) to bar controllers from 'surveillance pricing', meaning customized price increases based on individualized data, and from setting or displaying a price with an automated-decision system based on such data. The base price would have had to be the same for all consumers. Exceptions: uniform real-time market adjustments, loyalty programs, and verifiable costs. Referred to committee January 13, 2026; died when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to protection of information and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky's SB 4 (2025) governs state government's use of AI. The Commonwealth Office of Technology must create an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee, set standards for agencies' use of generative and high-risk AI, keep a registry of those systems and report yearly. Agencies must disclose AI use to the public, explain AI-driven decisions and offer appeals of consequential decisions. A candidate whose appearance, action or speech is altered with synthetic media in an electioneering communication may sue the sponsor to require a clear disclosure. Signed March 24, 2025 (Acts Ch. 66); emergency act, effective on signing.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Commonwealth Artificial Intelligence Consortium Task Force.
Kentucky's SCR 142 (2025 session) is a concurrent resolution that would have directed the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Commonwealth Artificial Intelligence Consortium Task Force, with six legislators, five officials (including from the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Commonwealth Office of Technology and city and county associations) and four university representatives. It would have worked on AI needs, data, solutions, AI literacy and governance during the 2025 interim and submitted findings to the Commission by November 21, 2025. It went to the Senate Floor March 11, 2025 and died; a resolution does not change the law.
AN ACT relating to protection of information and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky's HB 672 (2025 session) would have required state departments and agencies to route generative and high-risk AI through an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee created by the Commonwealth Office of Technology. It would have required approval, a public registry, disclaimers on AI-generated decisions and outputs, risk management policies and impact assessments for high-risk systems, employee training, and regulations by July 1, 2025. It also would have let candidates and election officers sue over undisclosed synthetic media in election ads. Referred to House State Government; died. SB 4 (2025), with the same title, was enacted instead (Acts Ch. 66).
AN ACT relating to use of artificial intelligence by courts.
Kentucky's HB 498 (2025 session) would have created a new section of KRS Chapter 21A in which the General Assembly respectfully requested that the Supreme Court of Kentucky start a four-year pilot project on AI transcription of court proceedings in at least three judicial districts or circuits chosen by the Chief Justice. The Administrative Office of the Courts would have evaluated it and reported each September 1. Referred to House Judiciary February 21, 2025; died when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
Kentucky's HB 21 (2025 session) would have created a civil cause of action and a felony for disseminating a 'deep fake': realistic media appearing to show a person saying or doing something they did not, lacking adequate labeling and produced substantially by technical means. A natural person who willfully and knowingly disseminated one without the depicted person's express written consent would have been liable for damages, and certain disclosures with intent to harm would have been a Class D felony. Referred to committee February 4, 2025; died when the session ended.
AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.
Kentucky's HB 7 (2024 Ky. Acts Ch. 176), enacted over the Governor's veto, sets rules for fully autonomous vehicles in KRS Chapter 186. Vehicles with automated driving systems may operate on public highways if they meet the act's requirements, including a law enforcement interaction plan filed with the Transportation Cabinet and State Police, single-limit liability coverage or self-insurance of at least $1,000,000, and titling and registration. Until July 31, 2026, fully autonomous vehicles over 62,000 pounds must carry a credentialed human driver to monitor and intervene. The Transportation Cabinet is the sole regulator and local governments may not add rules.
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Kentucky's HB 207 (2024 Ky. Acts Ch. 15) brings AI-generated child sexual abuse material under Kentucky's obscenity and child sexual performance laws. It defines computer-generated image and identifiable person in KRS 531.010 and adds computer-generated images of a minor as an element of the offenses in KRS 531.320, 531.335, 531.340, 531.350 and 531.360. Prosecutors need not prove the actual identity or age of a computer-generated minor or that the minor exists, and where a real child was the source, the presumption of minority is based on that child's age. The act also bans possessing, trafficking, importing and promoting child sex dolls. Signed March 28, 2024.
AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
Kentucky's HB 45 (2024 session) was a privacy bill covering automated license plate readers (data kept no more than 30 days with exceptions, no sale), drone surveillance, deep fakes, identification devices and tracking devices. The deep fake sections would have given a civil action against anyone who willfully and knowingly disseminated a deep fake without written consent and made certain harmful disclosures a Class D felony. The House passed it 96-0 with a committee substitute on February 28, 2024; in the Senate it was reassigned to Transportation March 7, 2024 and died.
AN ACT relating to the promotion of family well-being and making an appropriation therefor.
Kentucky's HB 734, the omnibus ALPHA Act on family well-being, included a provision that would bar the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from relying exclusively on automated, AI-based or algorithmic software to identify fraud in public assistance programs and from denying, discontinuing or reducing benefits without staff review of the documentation. Introduced February 26, 2024; sent to the House Appropriations & Revenue Committee March 5, 2024. It died when the 2024 session ended without passing.
AN ACT relating to the protection of children using the internet.
Kentucky's SB 345 (2024 session) would have required businesses that knowingly process children's personal information to protect children (under 18) online. Before offering new online services likely to be accessed by children, they would have had to complete data protection impact assessments, set default privacy settings to a high level, and not profile children by default where an assessment found unmitigated high risk. Profiling meant automated processing of personal information to evaluate a person. Violations would have been unfair or deceptive practices with Attorney General penalties of up to $2,500 or $7,500 per affected child. Referred to committee March 1, 2024; died.
AN ACT relating to violations of privacy.
Kentucky's SB 180 would make it unlawful, without a court-approved warrant, for state and local agencies to obtain or use facial recognition technology or information derived from it, and would set consent, retention and disclosure rules for private entities holding biometric identifiers. Violations could be enforced by private suits or the Attorney General, and facial-recognition evidence would be inadmissible in Kentucky proceedings. Introduced February 6, 2024; sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee February 8, 2024. It died when the 2024 session ended.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force to study the impact of artificial intelligen…
Kentucky's HCR 38 (2024 session) is a concurrent resolution that would have directed the Legislative Research Commission to create an Artificial Intelligence Task Force of eight legislators to review AI used in state agency operations and procurement and recommend consumer protection legislation. It would have met at least three times in the 2024 interim and reported by December 1, 2024. The House adopted it 93-0 on January 22, 2024; the Senate referred it to committee and it died. A resolution does not change the law.
AN ACT relating to the promotion of family well-being and making an appropriation therefor.
Kentucky's SB 34, the omnibus ALPHA Act on family well-being, included a provision that would bar the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from relying exclusively on automated, AI-based or algorithmic software to identify fraud in public assistance programs and from denying, discontinuing or reducing benefits without staff review of the documentation. Introduced January 2, 2024; sent to the Senate Appropriations & Revenue Committee January 5, 2024. It died when the 2024 session ended without passing.
AN ACT relating to technology in education and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky's SB 52 (2024 session) would have created the Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project under the Department of Education and an Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education project under the Council on Postsecondary Education. It would have required AI guidelines by July 1, 2024, AI training for certified school employees and school board and council members starting in 2024-2025, district AI policies by August 1, 2024, and annual district and institution reports by June 30. Referred to Senate Education January 3, 2024; died.
AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.
Vetoed. Kentucky's HB 135 (2023) would have let fully autonomous vehicles (SAE level 4 or 5) run on Kentucky highways without a human driver if the system could reach a minimal risk condition after a failure and follow traffic laws. Operators would have filed a law enforcement interaction plan with the Transportation Cabinet and State Police and shown $5 million in liability coverage; the owner would have been the operator under traffic laws, public agencies could not ban the vehicles, and only the lead truck in a platoon would have needed a driver. The Governor vetoed it April 10, 2023.
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