Kentucky
General Assembly

02/13/17	introduced in Senate taken from Committee on Committees (S) 1st reading to State & Local Government (S)
02/14/17	taken from State & Local Government (S) 2nd reading returned to State & Local Government (S)
02/15/17	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 15, 2017 3rd reading, passed 27-10 with Committee Substitute
02/16/17	received in House
02/21/17	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
02/28/17	posted in committee
03/06/17	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar floor amendment (1) filed
03/07/17	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017 floor amendments (2) and (3) filed
03/14/17	3rd reading floor amendments (1) and (3) ruled out of order passed 52-43
03/15/17	received in Senate enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
03/27/17	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 122)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete provisions that limit aggregate contributions from permanent committees, executive committees, and caucus campaign committees to $10,000 or 50 percent of total contributions.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Campaign contribution limits, BR 1076 Public Officers and Employees - Campaign finance reports, single threshold, establishment of State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements Campaign Finance - Building fund accounts, allow state executive committees to establish Campaign Finance - Contribution limits, increases to Campaign Finance - Reporting, single threshold, establishment of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	J. Kay
Summary	Amend KRS 121.015 to amend the definition of "contributing organization," to add a new definition for "electioneering communication," and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 121.190 to extend requirements for disclosure in campaign advertisements to Internet and electronic communication network announcements, to cover electioneering communications, and to apply disclosures in advertisements and communications made by additional groups and organizations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to require any person or group making electioneering communications expenditures in an amount greater than $3,000 during an election to follow the same registration and reporting schedule as candidates and slates of candidates and specify the information to be reported, and to require any person or group making electioneering communications expenditures in an amount greater than $1,000 in the 15 days before an election to file reports electronically within 48 hours of the expenditure or the communication, whichever is sooner, and to specify that contributions for electioneering communications make the contributors a contributing organization.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Campaign contribution limits, BR 1076 Public Officers and Employees - Campaign finance reports, single threshold, establishment of State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements Campaign Finance - Building fund accounts, allow state executive committees to establish Campaign Finance - Contribution limits, increases to Campaign Finance - Reporting, single threshold, establishment of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	K. Imes
Summary	Amend to require that report be made on the twenty-fifth day preceding an election; abolish the requirement for a 15-day pre-election report.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Campaign contribution limits, BR 1076 Public Officers and Employees - Campaign finance reports, single threshold, establishment of State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements Campaign Finance - Building fund accounts, allow state executive committees to establish Campaign Finance - Contribution limits, increases to Campaign Finance - Reporting, single threshold, establishment of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Kay
Summary	Amend KRS 121.180 to require any independent expenditure-only political committee to pay a five dollar fee to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance when such a committee spends more than $10,000 in aggregate during any primary, regular election, or special election, or on a ballot issue; amend KRS 121.015 to define "independent expenditure-only political committee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to establish a trust fund in which the fees by independent expenditure-only political committees will be deposited for the exclusive benefit of and utilization by the Registry.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Campaign contribution limits, BR 1076 Public Officers and Employees - Campaign finance reports, single threshold, establishment of State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements Campaign Finance - Building fund accounts, allow state executive committees to establish Campaign Finance - Contribution limits, increases to Campaign Finance - Reporting, single threshold, establishment of