Kentucky
General Assembly

02/28/22	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/09/22	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
03/10/22	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/11/22	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022
03/14/22	3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/15/22	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/16/22	to State & Local Government (S)
03/23/22	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/24/22	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
03/25/22	floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
03/29/22	3rd reading floor amendment (1) withdrawn floor amendment (2) defeated passed 32-3 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3) received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
03/30/22	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3) passed 94-0 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
04/08/22	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 172)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain the provisions of the bill, except change the time the State Board of Elections is required to provide an electronic master list of registered voters to each county clerk from 21 days to 10 days before the first day of in-person absentee voting for a primary or an election.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks Elections and Voting - Electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks Secretary of State - Electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks State Agencies - Board of Elections, electronic master list of registered voters, time of delivery to county clerks

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Amend KRS 117.025 to require the State Board of Elections to provide to the county clerk of each county voter registration lists at least eighteen days prior to a primary or an election; amend KRS 117.379 to include e-poll book products within the State Board of Elections examination and certification of permissible voting products to be used for an election by means of statutory and administrative regulatory requirements; require approved e-poll book products to be used after May 11, 2023; add and amend KRS 117.115 to allow a county government the ability to select, in its discretion, an e-poll book that complies with the specifications and requirements of KRS Chapter 117.
Index Headings	County Clerks - E-poll book selection requirements County Clerks - Receipt of voter registration lists Elections and Voting - Delivery of voter registration lists to county clerks, change in time of delivery Elections and Voting - E-poll book certification and approval, requirements related Secretary of State - Delivery of voter registration lists to county clerks, change in time of delivery Secretary of State - E-poll book certification and approval, requirements related State Agencies - Board of Elections, e-poll book certification and approval, requirements related State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration lists provided to county clerks, change in time of delivery Counties - E-poll book selection requirements

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit election results from being certified by a county board of elections without an exact match of voter tallies and ballot cast tallies; amend KRS 117.001 to change the definition of risk-limiting audit.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Certification of election results, procedures related County Clerks - Risk-limiting audit, definition Elections and Voting - Certification of results, procedures related Elections and Voting - Risk-limiting audit, definition Secretary of State - Certification of election results, procedures related Secretary of State - Risk-limiting audit, definition State Agencies - Board of Elections, certification of results, procedures related State Agencies - Board of Elections, risk-limiting audit, definition

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to require that a risk limiting audit be performed upon the closing of the polls in order for certification of the election; amend KRS 117.001 to change the definition of risk-limiting audit.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Certification of election results, procedures related County Clerks - Risk-limiting audit, definition Elections and Voting - Certification of results, procedures related Elections and Voting - Risk-limiting audit, definition Secretary of State - Certification of election results, procedures related Secretary of State - Risk-limiting audit, definition State Agencies - Board of Elections, certification of results, procedures related State Agencies - Board of Elections, risk-limiting audit, definition

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	R. Mills
Summary	Amend KRS 117.379 to require separate standards for an e-poll book product report and a voting system report.
Index Headings	Elections and Voting - E-poll book report and voting system report, standards related Secretary of State - E-poll book report and voting system report, standards related State Agencies - Board of Elections, e-poll book report, voting system report, standards related