The Uniform Law Commission's Executive Committee has postponed consideration of a "Redaction of Personal Information from Public Records" draft uniform law "for at least one year."

The ULC's Executive Committee notified the Drafting Committee of the unanimous decision to postpone the draft bill's first reading "so that we can monitor the developments in the New Jersey litigation (and any other relevant litigation) in order to
better understand both the first Amendment terrain in this area and also the extent to which the act's enactment prospects would be affected by the possible need for states with broad existing statutes to replace any such statute with something more targeted."

New Jersey's law, popularly referred to as "Daniel's Law," prohibits disclosure of the residential addresses of certain persons covered by the law on websites controlled by state, county, and local government agencies. It prompted several states, including Kentucky, to consider similar legislation.

https://hoptownchronicle.org/ky-lawmakers-revive-bill-to-shield-records…

But controversy followed the enactment of New Jersey's Daniel's Law in 2020 -- and its implementation proved a "logistical nightmare."

https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/protection-or-logistical-nightmare-kentuc…

It has since spawned a barrage of class action lawsuits "alleg[ing that] the data brokers and look-up services did not take down protected contact information that had been posted on public sites within the proper time frame as required under the law."

https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/daniels-law-next-wave-priva…

Kentucky lawmakers' decision to place similar legislation on hold -- at the behest of county clerks and property valuation administrators overwhelmed by the prospect of implementation -- was surely one of wisest they have made in recent sessions.

And the Uniform Law Commission, which has approved more than 400 uniform laws -- including the Public Expression Protection Act (or Anti-SLAPP law) that Kentucky adopted in 2022 -- since its establishment in 1892, has now wisely made the same decision in the midst of legal chaos.

https://kyopengov.org/blog/passage-anti-slapp-law-kentucky-promotes-ope…

https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?CommunityKey=4f48…