UNOFFICIAL COPY AS OF 01/06/16

16 REG. SESS.

16 RS BR 382

AN ACT relating to the use of electronic media.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
SECTION 1.

A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 438 IS CREATED TO

READ AS FOLLOWS:
(1)

Any individual who witnesses an event that could reasonably result in a serious
physical injury as defined in KRS 500.080 shall not post any information
identifying the potential victims on the Internet or other electronic media until at
least one (1) hour has passed from the moment the event was first witnessed.

(2)

(3)

This section shall not apply to:
(a)

The injured individual;

(b)

Any member of the news media; or

(c)

Any emergency responder responding to the event.

Any individual who violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty dollars
($20) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

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