# Kentucky SB 4 (2025): An Act relating to protection of information (Acts Chapter 66)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Kentucky (United States)
- **Instrument type**: Act / statute
- **Status**: In force
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Issuing body**: Kentucky General Assembly
- **Adopted**: 2025-03-24
- **In force**: 2025-03-24

## In brief

The Kentucky state-government AI law (SB 4) is a binding act of Kentucky (United States), issued by Kentucky General Assembly. It has been in force since 24 March 2025. Kentucky state agencies using AI, and synthetic media in election communications.

## Summary

The Commonwealth Office of Technology must create an AI Governance Committee, write AI policy and technology standards, and keep a registry of generative and high-risk AI used by state agencies. Agencies must disclose when AI is used in decisions about people or businesses and report every year. The act also creates a cause of action over synthetic media in election campaigns.

## Scope

Kentucky state agencies using AI, and synthetic media in election communications.

## Who it applies to

Kentucky state agencies and the Commonwealth Office of Technology.

## Key dates

Signed 24 March 2025; effective 24 March 2025 under its emergency clause.

## Notes on dates

Dates as stated in search extracts of the official source; confirm against it.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0220 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0220; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-kentucky-sb-4-state-government-ai
- **Official source**: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25rs/sb4.html
- **Source document**: Kentucky General Assembly: 25RS SB 4
- **Published by**: Kentucky General Assembly
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Kentucky SB 4 (2025): An Act relating to protection of information (Acts Chapter 66)" [AIPT-POL-0220, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0220 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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