Kentucky
General Assembly

02/24/22	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/28/22	to State & Local Government (S)
03/03/22	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/04/22	2nd reading, to Rules
03/07/22	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022 3rd reading, passed 22-10 with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill
03/08/22	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/09/22	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
03/17/22	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/18/22	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2022
03/24/22	3rd reading, passed 87-6 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/25/22	received in Senate to Rules (S)
03/29/22	posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in House to Rules (H)
03/30/22	taken from Rules (H) posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1), floor amendments (1), (2), and committee amendment (1-title) House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1), Committee Amendment (1-title) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2) Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Free Conference Committee report adopted in House passed 83-10 received in Senate posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Free Conference Committee Report (1) Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate passed 35-1 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Governor
04/08/22	Vetoed
04/13/22	received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 28-9 received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for consideration of Governor's veto veto overridden passed 71-18
04/14/22	received in Senate enrolled, signed by President of the Senate enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 219)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain the provisions of the bill; except amend KRS 121.180 to permit a candidate and a candidate-authorized campaign committee to file annual campaign finance reports, with requirements prescribed, unless the candidate is seeking statewide office or a candidate authorized campaign committee for state-wide office; make technical corrections; amend KRS 117.015 to include the Secretary of State as chair of the State Board of Elections; remove the executive director of the State Board of Elections ability to cast a vote.
Index Headings	Elections and Voting - Candidate and committee filings with the registry, requirements Elections and Voting - State Board of Elections, membership of the board, changes Secretary of State - Chair of the State Board of Elections, designation and duties State Agencies - State Board of Elections, membership of the board, changes

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; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	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 County Clerks - Certification of election results, procedures related County Clerks - Risk-limiting audit, definition Effective Dates, Emergency - Elections

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 216

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain the provisions of the bill, except; amend KRS 121.180 to remove the requirement that a candidate or slate of candidates file campaign finance reports with the office with which they file for candidacy and instead require the candidate or slate of candidates to file with the registry; amend KRS 121.160 to remove the requirement that a candidate or slate of candidates designate a treasurer at the office with which they file for candidacy, and instead require the office for which the candidate files to forward a copy to the registry; add and amend KRS 118.205 to require the county clerk of each county and the Secretary of State to display, on the clerk's Web site and the Secretary's Web site, information related to candidates in a primary; add and amend KRS 118.327 to require the county clerk of each county and the Secretary of State to display, on the clerk's Web site and the Secretary's Web site, information related to candidates to be chosen by convention; add and amend KRS 118A.140 to require the Secretary of State to display on the Secretary of State's Web site information related to judicial candidates in a primary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require the county clerk of each county and the Secretary of State to display, on the clerk's Web site and the Secretary of State's Web site, information related to candidates who are on the ballot for a regular election; add and amend KRS 121.175 to allow a member of the General Assembly to contribute up to $5,000 in his or her campaign account to a political party or caucus campaign committee; make amendments to KRS 121.180 RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2021; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Campaign finance, candidate filings, requirements County Clerks - Candidate filings, posting and public notice requirements Effective Dates, Emergency - Elections, candidate filings, campaign finance reports, postings and public notice requirements Elections and Voting - Campaign finance, candidate filings, requirements General Assembly - Incumbents, allowable campaign account contributions Secretary of State - Campaign finance, candidate filings, requirements Secretary of State - Candidate filings, posting and public notice requirements State Agencies - State Board of Elections, candidate filings, posting and public notice requirements Retroactive Legislation - Campaign finance, filing of annual reports Campaign Finance - Candidate filings, requirements Campaign Finance - General Assembly incumbents, allowable campaign account contributions

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	K. Bratcher
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 216/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	B. Wheatley
Summary	Reinstate provision that allows voters to use a credit or debit card as means of proof of identification.
Index Headings	Elections and Voting - Identification, credit or debit card, remove Secretary of State - Identification, credit or debit card, remove State Agencies - Identification, credit or debit card, remove

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	J. Miller
Summary	Amend KRS 117.295 to require a video surveillance system that monitors voting equipment and ballot boxes to have the capacity to include enough storage capacity to hold sixty consecutive days of continuous recording data.
Index Headings	Counties - Video surveillance systems, used to monitor voting equipment and ballot boxes, requirements County Clerks - Video surveillance systems, used to monitor voting equipment and ballot boxes, requirements Elections and Voting - Video surveillance systems, used to monitor voting equipment and ballot boxes, requirements Secretary of State - Video surveillance systems, used to monitor voting equipment and ballot boxes, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, video surveillance systems, requirements

Amendment	Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Cannot agree.
Index Headings	Conference Committee Reports - SB 216

Amendment	Free Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Amend Section 13 to make the emergency clause applicable to Section 5; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Elections Conference Committee Reports - SB 216