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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky requires social media companies and AI operators to allow data portability and interoperability
Last action · February 11, 2026: to Small Business & Information Technology (H)Sponsor: Vanessa Grossl
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 559 requires social media companies and AI s to provide users with portable personal data, delete data upon request within five business days, and implement interoperability interfaces using s. The Kentucky Attorney General is granted exclusive enforcement authority, with civil penalties up to $7,500 per continued violation deposited into a newly created digital choice fund.
Residents gain the legal right to transfer their social media profiles, connection graphs, and AI interaction history between different platforms or services, while companies face mandatory data deletion timelines and potential financial penalties for non-compliance.
- The Kentucky General Assembly is the state legislature responsible for enacting statutes within the Commonwealth. context
- The Kentucky Attorney General serves as the chief legal officer and enforces state consumer protection laws. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Social media companies
Social media companies must build interoperability interfaces, provide portable data exports, fulfill deletion requests within five business days, and comply with Attorney General investigations.
AI model operators
AI model operators must comply with data portability, deletion, and interoperability interface mandates, and face civil penalties for uncorrected violations.
Residents of the Commonwealth
Users gain new legal rights to request portable personal data, demand data deletion, and choose interoperable services across different platforms.
Office of the Attorney General
The office assumes exclusive enforcement authority, investigates violations, issues 30-day cure notices, brings court actions, and administers the newly created digital choice fund.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 11, 2026HouseCommitteeto Small Business & Information Technology (H)
- Feb 4, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Exclusive Attorney General Enforcement
The bill explicitly bars private lawsuits by individuals, concentrating all enforcement and damage recovery powers solely within the Office of the Attorney General.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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