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House Bill 155

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Last Action floor amendment (1) filed
Title AN ACT relating to instruction in voting.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 484
Sponsors A. Koenig, M. Dossett, C. Embry Jr., K. Hall, B. Housman, R. Meeks, D. Osborne, R. Weston
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require secondary schools to provide information to twelfth-grade students on how to register to vote, vote in an election using a ballot, and vote using an absentee ballot; recommend instructional methods.
Index Headings of Original Version Education, Elementary and Secondary - Voter registration and voting, instruction on
Elections and Voting - Voter registration and voting, instruction, secondary schools to provide
Teachers - Instructional methods, voter registration and voting
Proposed Amendments House Floor Amendment 1
Senate Floor Amendment 1
Votes Vote History

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01/08/09
  • introduced in House
02/03/09
  • to Education (H)
02/06/09
  • posted in committee
02/10/09
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
  • floor amendment (1) filed
02/11/09
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/12/09
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 23, 2009
02/13/09
  • taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
02/24/09
  • 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with floor amendment (1)
02/25/09
  • received in Senate
02/27/09
  • to State & Local Government (S)
03/06/09
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
03/09/09
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • floor amendment (1) filed

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor R. Palumbo
Summary Add provision to encourage each school to include historical data about women's suffrage.
Index Headings Education, Elementary and Secondary - Voter registration and voting, instruction on
Elections and Voting - Voter registration and voting, instruction, secondary schools to provide
Teachers - Instructional methods, voter registration and voting

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor D. Thayer
Summary Add provision to require that the information given to students be conveyed in a nonpartisan manner.
Index Headings Education, Elementary and Secondary - Voter registration and voting, instruction on
Elections and Voting - Voter registration and voting, instruction, secondary schools to provide
Teachers - Instructional methods, voter registration and voting

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