| Last Action | 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to elections. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Impact Statements | Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 210 |
| Sponsors | G. Stumbo, L. Belcher, J. Hoover, B. Linder, S. Santoro |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 121.180 to create a single threshold of $3,000 for campaign finance reports; require state executive committees that establish a building fund account to make quarterly reports; change the date for executive committees and caucus campaign committees to file reports from five days after the 30th day following a primary and regular election to January 31 and July 31; amend KRS 121.150 to increase individual contribution limits to $2,000 as indexed for inflation; increase individual contribution limit to $5,000 per year to the state executive committee of a political party; allow contributions of $5,000 per year in the aggregate to subdivisions and affiliates of political parties; make those contributions not applicable to the cap on contributions to the state executive committee's political party building fund account; increase the contribution limit to caucus campaign committees to $5,000, to increase the aggregate contribution amounts from permanent committees, executive committees, and caucus campaign committees to $20,000; allow married couples to make a contribution with one check that reflects the combined individual contribution limits of each individual spouse; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow minors 16 years of age or older to be appointed as student election assistants; amend KRS 116.095 to require county clerks to redact a registered voter’s Social Security number from any voter registration record that is requested by a citizen; amend KRS 117.045 and 121.230 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to allow the executive committee of political parties to establish building fund accounts and specify permissible and prohibited uses of funds; amend KRS 121.025 and 121.035 to specify that prohibitions on corporate contributions do not prevent a corporation from contributing to a state executive committee's political party building fund account; amend KRS 116.0452 to establish 4 p.m. local time as the deadline for voter registration applications to be deemed timely received by county clerk before voter registration books are closed; amend KRS 117.235 to allow the posting of political signs on private property that does not serve as a polling station, regardless of distance from the polling place; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to identify the process to be followed by a candidate to appear on an election ballot for school board member in a school district that extends across county lines; identify the process for totaling a candidate's votes and issuing a certificate of election; amend KRS 118.425 to conform; specify that certain contribution limits apply to elections after July 15, 2016. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
County Clerks - Elections, student election assistants, authorize appointment County Clerks - Voter registration records, Social Security numbers, require redaction Elections and Voting - Campaign reports, single threshold, establishment of Elections and Voting - School districts that extend across county lines, process for ballot access and vote totaling Elections and Voting - Voter registration, 4 p.m. local time, deadline for timely submission Public Officers and Employees - Campaign finance reports, single threshold, establishment of Secretary of State - Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception State Agencies - State Board of Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception Local Mandate - State Board of Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception Campaign Finance - Contribution limits, increases to Campaign Finance - Reporting, single threshold, establishment of Local Mandate - Campaign reports, single threshold, establishment of |
| Proposed Amendments |
House Floor Amendment 1 Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 12/11/15 |
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| 01/05/16 |
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| 01/07/16 |
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| 02/01/16 |
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| 02/02/16 |
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| 02/04/16 |
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| 02/08/16 |
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| 02/09/16 |
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| 02/11/16 |
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| 03/24/16 |
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| 03/25/16 |
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| 04/15/16 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Piggyback? | Yes |
| Sponsor | J. Hoover |
| Summary | Amend KRS 121.180(10) to increase the amount a candidate or slate of candidates can use to purchase admission tickets for any fundraising event or testimonial affair for another candidate or slate of candidates from $100 to $200; amend provisions relating to building fund accounts to allow establishment of building fund accounts to state political party executive committees only to those whose gubernatorial candidate in the last preceding regular election received not less than 15% of the total number of votes cast; amend KRS 6.767 to define "accept" as the date a contribution is postmarked, if mailed, or the date of the hand delivery, if the contribution is hand-delivered; apply retroactively to January 1, 2016. |
| Index Headings |
County Clerks - Elections, student election assistants, authorize appointment County Clerks - Voter registration records, Social Security numbers, require redaction Elections and Voting - Campaign reports, single threshold, establishment of Elections and Voting - School districts that extend across county lines, process for ballot access and vote totaling Elections and Voting - Voter registration, 4 p.m. local time, deadline for timely submission Public Officers and Employees - Campaign finance reports, single threshold, establishment of Secretary of State - Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception State Agencies - State Board of Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception Local Mandate - State Board of Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception Campaign Finance - Contribution limits, increases to Campaign Finance - Reporting, single threshold, establishment of Local Mandate - Campaign reports, single threshold, establishment of |
| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Impact Statements | Local Mandate |
| Summary | Retains original provisions of Section 2 of original bill and amends KRS 121.150 to increase individual contribution limits as indexed for inflation and deletes all other sections of previous bill. |
| Index Headings |
County Clerks - Elections, student election assistants, authorize appointment County Clerks - Voter registration records, Social Security numbers, require redaction Elections and Voting - Campaign reports, single threshold, establishment of Elections and Voting - School districts that extend across county lines, process for ballot access and vote totaling Elections and Voting - Voter registration, 4 p.m. local time, deadline for timely submission Public Officers and Employees - Campaign finance reports, single threshold, establishment of Secretary of State - Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception State Agencies - State Board of Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception Local Mandate - State Board of Elections, prohibitions on electioneering, private property exception Campaign Finance - Contribution limits, increases to Campaign Finance - Reporting, single threshold, establishment of Local Mandate - Campaign reports, single threshold, establishment of |
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