Kentucky
General Assembly

02/15/23	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/01/23	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
03/02/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/03/23	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
03/07/23	3rd reading, passed 78-20 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/08/23	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/10/23	to State & Local Government (S)
03/13/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
03/14/23	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendments (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute
03/15/23	floor amendment (6) filed posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/16/23	3rd reading Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) withdrawn passed 29-7 with Floor Amendment (6) received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (6) House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (6) passed 76-19 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
03/23/23	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact to House Committee Substitute 1 Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions except amend KRS 117.235 to prohibit electioneering within one hundred feet of the property line of a building in which voting is conducted and any designated parking areas on the day of any primary, election, or in-person absentee voting; amend KRS 117.265 to provide that a candidate who is defeated in a primary shall be eligible to run for the same office if there is a vacancy pursuant to KRS 118.105(3); amend KRS 118.105 to allow withdrawal, disqualification, or severe disabling condition as reasons to fill a vacancy in nomination of candidacy; provide the deadline by which a party must fill a vacancy in candidacy; provide that the certification of nomination for replacement candidates shall be filed not later than 4 p.m. on the date of certification; remove language to conform; amend KRS 119.165 to prescribe criminal penalties for people who have previously been convicted of a felony who then attempt to vote or vote; amend KRS 121.175 to expand allowable campaign expenditures; amend KRS 121.180 to require that state and county executive committees and caucus campaign committees make a full report to the registry on a semiannual basis if the committee has more than $10,000 in its campaign fund account, and on an annual basis if the committee has less than $10,000 in its campaign fund account; prohibit unexpended campaign expense funds from being donated to any charitable, nonprofit, or educational institution from which the candidate receives financial benefit; remove KRS 118.125 and 117.995 to conform; amend KRS 118.315 to conform; remove the emergency clause.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Attorney General, independent inquiry, requirements Crimes and Punishments - Prohibited acts relating to voting, penalties prescribed Elections and Voting - Candidacy, eligibility Elections and Voting - Candidates, vacancy, nomination to fill Elections and Voting - Precinct consolidation, requirements Elections and Voting - Prohibited acts, electioneering, in-person absentee voting, election officer training Secretary of State - Candidate, vacancy, nomination to fill State Agencies - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, allowable expenditures State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, campaign funds, reporting, requirements Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, procedure Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Attorney General, independent inquiry, procedure Attorney General - Elections, independent inquiry, procedure Campaign Finance - Allowable expenditures, legal services Campaign Finance - Registry reporting, campaign funds, requirements Campaign Finance - Unexpended funds, donation, prohibition from financial benefit Counties - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements Corrections Impact - Prohibited acts relating to voting, penalties prescribed Local Mandate - Elections, procedure, requirements

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	K. Bratcher
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 302

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact to Senate Committee Substitute 1 Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions except provide that county boards of elections may petition the Secretary of State to allow the consolidation of precincts and precinct elections officers at voting locations where voters of more than one precinct vote; require that the Secretary of State promulgate administrative regulations to establish the form for the petition; provide that the Secretary of State shall determine the approval of petitions; remove provision prohibiting electioneering within one hundred feet of the property line or parking areas of buildings in which voting is conducted; amend KRS 118.105 to remove withdrawal and disqualification to hold the office sought as reasons to fill a vacancy in a nomination.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Attorney General, independent inquiry, requirements Crimes and Punishments - Prohibited acts relating to voting, penalties prescribed Elections and Voting - Candidacy, eligibility Elections and Voting - Candidates, vacancy, nomination to fill Elections and Voting - Precinct consolidation, requirements Elections and Voting - Prohibited acts, electioneering, in-person absentee voting, election officer training Local Mandate - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements Secretary of State - Candidate, vacancy, nomination to fill Secretary of State - Voting locations, consolidation, petition State Agencies - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, allowable expenditures State Agencies - Registry of Election Finance, campaign funds, reporting, requirements State Agencies - Secretary of State, voting locations, consolidation, petition Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, procedure Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Attorney General, independent inquiry, procedure Attorney General - Elections, independent inquiry, procedure Campaign Finance - Allowable expenditures, legal services Campaign Finance - Registry reporting, campaign funds, requirements Campaign Finance - Unexpended funds, donation, prohibition from financial benefit Corrections Impact - Prohibited acts relating to voting, penalties prescribed Counties - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	A. Mays Bledsoe
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 117.066 to require that a public meeting be held before county boards of elections can petition to consolidate voting precincts; prohibit county boards of elections or members of county boards of elections from announcing consolidations until they are approved by the Secretary of State.
Index Headings	Counties - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements Secretary of State - Precinct consolidation, petition, requirements Elections and Voting - Precinct consolidation, requirements

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	A. Mays Bledsoe
Summary	Retain original provisions except repeal KRS 117.066; amend KRS 118.215 to conform.
Index Headings	Boards and Commissions - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements, repeal Counties - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements, repeal County Clerks - Precinct consolidation, requirements, repeal Elections and Voting - Precinct consolidation, requirements, repeal Secretary of State - Precinct consolidation, requirements, repeal State Agencies - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements, repeal

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	A. Mays Bledsoe
Summary	Retain original provisions except amend KRS 117.025 to provide the chief election official the authority to appoint an executive director and assistant director of the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 117.345 to require that the county treasurer certify a statement of the number of voting locations to receive payments for election costs.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Voting locations, payment Elections and Voting - State Board, directors, appointment Elections and Voting - Voting locations, payment Local Government - County treasurer, voting locations, payment Secretary of State - State Board of Elections, directors, appointment State Agencies - Board of Elections, directors, appointment State Agencies - Board of Elections, voting locations, payment Boards and Commissions - Board of Elections, directors, appointment Boards and Commissions - Board of Elections, voting locations, payment Treasurer - Voting locations, payment

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 117.228 to remove credit or debit card as a voter's secondary form of proof of identification.
Index Headings	Elections and Voting - Voter identification, proof, credit or debit card, remove Secretary of State - Voter identification, proof, credit or debit card, remove State Agencies - Secretary of State, voter identification, proof, credit or debit card, remove County Clerks - Voter identification, proof, credit or debit card, remove

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 117.065 to allow the use of supplemental paper ballots at precincts where the county board of elections determines voting equipment to be cost-prohibitive or otherwise unsatisfactory; prescribe requirements to be met if supplemental ballots are used.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Supplemental paper ballots, use, requirements Elections and Voting - Supplemental paper ballots, use, requirements Secretary of State - Supplemental paper ballots, use, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, supplemental ballots, forms Counties - Board of Elections, supplemental paper ballots, use

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	D. Thayer
Summary	Retain original provisions, except provide that the Secretary of State may veto petitions that are approved by the State Board of Elections to consolidate precincts; provide that the State Board of Elections may override the Secretary of State's veto of the petition by a three-fourths affirmative vote of membership of the board; remove provision prohibiting electioneering within one hundred feet of the property line or parking areas of buildings in which voting is conducted; amend KRS 118.105 to remove withdrawal and disqualification to hold the office sought as reasons to fill a vacancy in a nomination.
Index Headings	Elections and Voting - Candidacy, vacancy, nomination to fill Elections and Voting - Precinct consolidation, procedure Secretary of State - Candidate, vacancy, nomination to fill Secretary of State - Precinct consolidation, procedure State Agencies - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, procedure Counties - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, procedure