Amye Bensenhaver: No need for HB 520, clarification of exception to open records law - NKyTribune

Amye Bensenhaver: No need for HB 520, clarification of exception to open records law - NKyTribune

House Bill 520, “an act relating to law enforcement records,” is not — as its sponsor testified in the House State Government committee meeting on February 27 — a bill intended to “ensure clarity” of the nearly fifty years old law enforcement exception to the open records law. With all due respect to the sponsor, there is no need for clarification. Clarity was achieved in 2013 when the Kentucky Supreme Court decided City of Fort Thomas v Cincinn…