Section 219.NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 7/15/2024](1) As used in this section, "hotel" means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guests, and includes motels. (2) Every hotel shall post: (a) In its lobby, stairwells, elevators, or on or beside exit doors, a printed sign in English and Spanish at least eight and one-half (8-1/2) by eleven (11) inches in size, with letters in at least sixteen (16) point font; and (b) In all of its publicly accessible restrooms, either: 1. A printed sign in English and Spanish at least eight and one-half (8-1/2) by eleven (11) inches in size, with letters in at least sixteen (16) point font; or 2. A printed transparent static window cling in English and Spanish at least three (3) inches by three(3) inches in size, with letters in at least ten (10) point font; displaying the current telephone hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center or any federally funded successor entity.
(3) The sign or window cling shall be: (a) Created using gender-neutral language supplied by the Office of the Attorney General, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, or the United States Department of Homeland Security's Blue Campaign; and (b) Posted in a prominent place easily seen by patrons. (4) A hotel in violation of this section shall be subject to a warning on the first violation and a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each subsequent violation. Each day of noncompliance with this section shall constitute a separate violation. Moneys collected under this subsection shall be paid to the human trafficking victims fund. Added by 2024 Ky. Acts ch. TBD,§ 5, eff. 7/15/2024.