House Bill 302

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Last Action 03/23/23: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)
Title AN ACT relating to elections.
Bill Documents Acts Chapter 74
Current/Final
Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements Corrections Impact
Local Mandate
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number 1237
Sponsors J. Decker, J. Branscum, D. Fister, D. Osborne, R. Roberts, J. Tipton
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 15.243 to require the Attorney General to select six counties at random and six counties with the highest rate of irregularities for his or her independent inquiry; require the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a uniform procedure for independent inquiries; amend KRS 117.066 to require that petitions for the consolidation of precincts include parking accommodations for the proposed voting location; amend KRS 117.235 to prohibit electioneering during any of the days that in-person absentee voting is conducted or during training for election officers; amend KRS 117.265 to prohibit any candidate who was defeated in a primary from running for the same office during the regular election; amend KRS 117.995 to prescribe criminal penalties for people who have previously been convicted of a felony who then attempt to register to vote; amend KRS 118.105 to remove withdrawal, disqualification, or severe disabling condition as reasons to fill a vacancy in nomination of candidacy; amend KRS 118.125 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version Corrections Impact - Prohibited acts relating to voter registration, penalties prescribed
Local Mandate - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements
County Clerks - Attorney General, independent inquiry, requirements
Crimes and Punishments - Prohibited acts relating to voter registration, penalties prescribed
Effective Dates, Emergency - Elections
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
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
Counties - Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements
Jump to Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements
House Committee Amendment 1
Senate Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements
Senate Floor Amendment 1
Senate Floor Amendment 2
Senate Floor Amendment 3
Senate Floor Amendment 4
Senate Floor Amendment 5
Senate Floor Amendment 6
Votes Vote History

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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)

Proposed Amendments

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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

Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)