US AI Law Tracker: Kentucky | AI Law Center

State/Terr	AI Scope	Relevant Law	Law Link	Effective Date	Key Requirements	Enforcements & Penalties
Kentucky	AI in Political Advertising	AI Electioneering Communications	KRS 117.001	12/1/2025	• Any candidate for any elected office whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication may seek injunctive or other equitable relief against the sponsor of the electioneering communication requiring that the communication includes a disclosure that is clear and conspicuous and included in, or alongside and associated with, the content in a manner that is likely to be noticed by the user.	Injunctive or other equitable relief, plus attorney's fees and costs.
Kentucky	AI CSAM	Amendment to CSAM Law	HB 207	3/28/2024	• Expands covered images under the Kentucky CSAM statutes to include “any visual depiction” that “has been created, adapted, or modified by a computer to appear to be an identifiable person.” • Creates an exception under CSAM prosecutions to the “identifiable person” standard under which the Commonwealth need not prove “the actual identity or age of the minor, or that the minor actually exists.”	Existing criminal and civil penalties apply.
Kentucky	AI Intimate Images	Amendment to Intimate Images law	HB 207	3/28/2024	• Expands covered images under the Kentucky AI intimate images statute to include “any visual depiction” that “has been created, adapted, or modified by a computer to appear to be an identifiable person.”	Existing criminal and civil penalties apply.
Kentucky	AI in Government	Government Use of AI Law	KRS 42.720 - 42.742	12/1/2025	• Requires the Commonwealth Office of Technology to create an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee to govern the use of AI systems by government agencies. • Gives the Commonwealth Office of Technology the powers to establish, publish, maintain, and implement comprehensive policy standards and procedures for the responsible, ethical, and transparent use of generative artificial intelligence systems and high-risk artificial intelligence systems by departments, agencies, and administrative bodies. • Requires government agencies to disclose to the public, through clear and conspicuous disclaimer, when AI systems are used for certain purposes. • Requires government agencies to disclose certain information and make available options for individuals to appeal when an AI system is used to make external decisions about them.	N/A
Kentucky	Automated Decision-Making	Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act	Ky. Rev. Stat. § 367.3611 et seq.	1/1/2026	• Provides consumers the right to opt-out of any form of automated processing performed on personal data to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable natural person’s economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to basic necessities, like food and water). • Requires a data protection assessment of each processing activity involving such automated processing of personal data in certain circumstances. Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.	Up to $7,500 per violation.

State/Terr

AI Scope

Relevant Law

Law Link

Effective Date

Key Requirements

Enforcements & Penalties

Kentucky

AI in Political Advertising

AI Electioneering Communications

KRS 117.001

12/1/2025

• Any candidate for any elected office whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of synthetic media in an electioneering communication may seek injunctive or other equitable relief against the sponsor of the electioneering communication requiring that the communication includes a disclosure that is clear and conspicuous and included in, or alongside and associated with, the content in a manner that is likely to be noticed by the user.

Injunctive or other equitable relief, plus attorney's fees and costs.

Kentucky

AI CSAM

Amendment to CSAM Law

HB 207

3/28/2024

• Expands covered images under the Kentucky CSAM statutes to include “any visual depiction” that “has been created, adapted, or modified by a computer to appear to be an identifiable person.”
• Creates an exception under CSAM prosecutions to the “identifiable person” standard under which the Commonwealth need not prove “the actual identity or age of the minor, or that the minor actually exists.”

Existing criminal and civil penalties apply.

Kentucky

AI Intimate Images

Amendment to Intimate Images law

HB 207

3/28/2024

• Expands covered images under the Kentucky AI intimate images statute to include “any visual depiction” that “has been created, adapted, or modified by a computer to appear to be an identifiable person.”

Existing criminal and civil penalties apply.

Kentucky

AI in Government

Government Use of AI Law

KRS 42.720 - 42.742

12/1/2025

• Requires the Commonwealth Office of Technology to create an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee to govern the use of AI systems by government agencies.
• Gives the Commonwealth Office of Technology the powers to establish, publish, maintain, and implement comprehensive policy standards and procedures for the responsible, ethical, and transparent use of generative artificial intelligence systems and high-risk artificial intelligence systems by departments, agencies, and administrative bodies.
• Requires government agencies to disclose to the public, through clear and conspicuous disclaimer, when AI systems are used for certain purposes.
• Requires government agencies to disclose certain information and make available options for individuals to appeal when an AI system is used to make external decisions about them.

N/A

Kentucky

Automated Decision-Making

Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 367.3611 et seq.

1/1/2026

• Provides consumers the right to opt-out of any form of automated processing performed on personal data to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable natural person’s economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to basic necessities, like food and water).

• Requires a data protection assessment of each processing activity involving such automated processing of personal data in certain circumstances.

Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.

Up to $7,500 per violation.

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