Kentucky
General Assembly

02/09/17	introduced in Senate
02/10/17	to State & Local Government (S)
02/15/17	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/16/17	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendment (1) filed
02/17/17	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
02/21/17	floor amendment (2) filed
02/22/17	3rd reading floor amendment (1) withdrawn passed 30-6-1 with floor amendment (2) received in House
02/27/17	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
03/06/17	floor amendment (1) filed posted in committee
03/08/17	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar floor amendments (2), (3), (4-title), (5) and (6) filed
03/14/17	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017 floor amendments (7), (8) and (9) filed

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Higdon
Summary	Amend KRS 117.075 and 117.085 to allow qualified voters of advanced age or with a disability or illness the means to vote using a mail-in absentee ballot or an in-person absentee ballot; amend KRS 242.020 to prohibit additions to a petition for a local option election, once filed with the county clerk; require a petition for a local option election to include the signature and legibly printed name of the voter; require a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; amend KRS 242.030 to require a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; require a local option election to be held in any territory less than a county on the same day as an election day for the entire county; establish dates by which a petition for a local option election must be filed for the local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election;amend KRS 242.040 to require the county sheriff to publish the county judge/executive's order directing the local option question to be published in the county, not later than two weeks before the local option election; remove the requirement that the sheriff advertise the county judge/executive's order by written or printed handbills; remove the requirement that the sheriff report in writing to the county judge/executive that notices have been published and posted; amend KRS 242.1242 to require a local option election for the limited sale of alcohol by drink where a qualified historic site is located to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; amend KRS 242.1244 to require a local option election for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at restaurants and dining facilities, which seat a minimum of 100 persons and derive a minimum of 70 percent of their gross receipts from the sale of food, to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; require a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at restaurants and dining facilities that seat a minimum of 50 persons and derive a minimum of 70 percent of their gross receipts from the sale of food to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; amend KRS 242.022 to require a local option election for the limited sales of alcoholic beverages by the drink in a county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated local government, unified local government, or city precinct where a state park's lodge or golf course is located, to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; amend KRS 242.125 and 242.1292 to conform; make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	J. Higdon
Summary	Amend KRS 117.075 and 117.085 to allow qualified voters of advanced age or with a disability or illness the means to vote using a mail-in absentee ballot or an in-person absentee ballot; make technical corrections; amend KRS 242.020 to prohibit a petition for a local option election, once filed with the county clerk, from being added to; require a petition for a local option election to include the signature and legibly printed name of the voter; require a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; make technical corrections; amend KRS 242.030 to require a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; require a local option election to be held in any territory less than a county on the same day as an election day for the entire county; establish dates by which a petition for a local option election must be filed for the local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; make technical corrections; amend KRS 242.040 to require the county sheriff to publish the county judge/executive's order directing the local option question to be published in the county, not later than two weeks before the local option election; remove the requirement that the sheriff advertise the county judge/executive's order by written or printed handbills; remove the requirement that the sheriff report in writing to the county judge/executive that notices have been published and posted; make technical corrections; amend KRS 242.1242 to require a local option election for the limited sale of alcohol by drink where a qualified historic site is located to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; make technical corrections; amend KRS 242.1244 to require a local option election for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at restaurants and dining facilities, which seat a minimum of 100 persons and derive a minimum of 70% of their gross receipts from the sale of food, to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; require a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at restaurants and dining facilities that seat a minimum of 50 persons and derive a minimum of 70% of their gross receipts from the sale of food to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; make technical corrections; amend KRS 242.022 to require a local option election for the limited sales of alcoholic beverages by the drink in a county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated local government, unified local government, or city precinct where a state park's lodge or golf course is located, to be in conformity with KRS 242.030; amend KRS 242.125 and 242.1292 to conform.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Miller
Summary	Amend KRS 118.165 to establish the filing deadline for candidates for offices to be voted for by the electors of more than one county and for members of Congress and members of the General Assembly as the first Tuesday following the first Monday in January; amend KRS 118A.060 to require each candidate for nomination to file a petition for nomination with the Secretary of State no later than the first Tuesday following the first Monday in January preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary; amend KRS 118.215, 118.581, and 118.591 to conform.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	C. Morgan
Summary	Add and amend KRS 242.190 to establish that a territory's local option status does not automatically conform to the local option status of a city, but require it to do so upon a vote; add a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to set out the process for an election to conform territory annexed by a city to the city's local option status.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	K. Imes
Summary	Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; declare an EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	K. Imes
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	K. Bratcher
Summary	Amend KRS 424.290 to provide what information the county clerk in a county containing a consolidated local government shall publish in a newspaper regarding candidates and issues on the ballot, and permit internet publication of other ballot information.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	J. Tipton
Summary	Retain original provisions and amend KRS 117.227 to require a voter to have a picture identification card issued by a governmental or educational entity to be presented to election officers if identity is not confirmed by personal acquaintance.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 7
Sponsor	K. Imes
Summary	Amend KRS 121.180 to require that report be made on the twenty-fifth day preceding an election; abolish the requirement for a 15-day pre-election report; amend KRS 121.170 to conform.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 8
Sponsor	J. Richards
Summary	Amend KRS 116.0452 to establish that electronic voter registration applications received online by the county clerk's office by 11:59 p.m. are timely; amend KRS 117.085 (1) to state methods by which applications for an absentee ballot may be transmitted to and returned by the voter.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 9
Sponsor	K. Imes
Summary	Amend KRS 242.040 to direct a sheriff to publish a county judge/executive order to conduct any local option election; make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Local option election costs, payment by those who circulated the petition County Judges/Executive - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Elections and Voting - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition Alcoholic Beverages - Local option elections costs, payment by those who circulated the petition