Last Action | 04/12/24: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 177) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to elections. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 177
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 24 |
Sponsors | J. Hodgson, E. Callaway, J. Calloway, J. Decker, DJ Johnson, C. Massaroni, K. Moser, J. Nemes, S. Rawlings, N. Tate |
Summary of Enacted Version | Amends KRS 30A.145 to require that the Administrative Office of the Courts prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the State Board of Elections, to issue a comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records cleanup and maintenance on or before July 1 of each year, to establish information to be included in the report, to require that the report be issued to the Legislative Research Commission and made available to the public on the Secretary of State’s and board’s official websites, to require that persons be contacted about their voter registrations only by mail, and to provide that anomalies and discrepancies may be reported via a publicly available web link; amends KRS 116.113 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services provide a lifetime copy of the Kentucky death records to the board on or before July 1 each year, and to require that the board remove from voter registration records the name of a person who has been excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; amends KRS 116.0452 to conform; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit a ranked-choice voting method. |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 30A.145 to require that each circuit clerk prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the State Board of Elections, to issue a comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records cleanup and maintenance on or before July 1 each year; establish information to be included in the report; require that the report be issued to the Legislative Research Commission and made available to the public on the Secretary of State's and State Board of Elections' official websites; require that persons only be contacted about their voter registrations by mail; provide that anomalies and discrepancies may be reported via a publicly available web link; amend KRS 116.113 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services provide a lifetime copy of the Kentucky death records to the State Board of Elections on or before February 1 each year; require the State Board of Elections remove from voter registration records the name of a person who has been excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; amend KRS 116.0452 to conform. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
County Clerks - Voter registration, comprehensive report, requirements Courts - Jurors, excusal, reporting requirements Deaths - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, comprehensive report, requirements Elections and Voting - Registration, comprehensive report, requirements Secretary of State - Voter registration, comprehensive report, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, death records report, requirement Reports Mandated - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3 Senate Floor Amendment 4 |
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Governor's Veto Message | Veto |
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04/12/24 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 30A.145 to require that the Administrative Office of the Courts prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; amend the new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require that the State Board of Elections shall create a data-based report on or before July 1 of each year and remove language stating that citizens of each county shall have in-person access to the State Board of Elections' report to verify whether or not his or her address is being used fraudulently; amend KRS 116.113 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services provide a lifetime copy of the Kentucky death records to the State Board of Elections on or before July 1 each year. |
Index Headings |
Courts - Jurors, excusal, reporting requirements Deaths - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, comprehensive report, requirements Elections and Voting - Registration, comprehensive report, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, death records report, requirement Reports Mandated - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements |
Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit a ranked-choice voting method. |
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County Clerks - Ranked-choice voting, prohibition Elections and Voting - Ranked-choice voting, prohibition Local Government - Ranked-choice voting, prohibition |
Amendment | Senate Committee Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | R. Mills |
Summary | Make title amendment. |
Index Headings | Title Amendments - HB 44/GA |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Retain original provisions except remove language requiring the Secretary of State to work in cooperation with the State Board of Elections to issue the comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records; remove the requirement that the Secretary of State make the report available on his or her official website; establish that any data that is exchanged to remove ineligible voters shall not be subject to commercial use or third-party access to the voter registration system; allow discrepancies to be reported to the county clerk; and remove language allowing a voter who is currently erroneously registered to cancel his or her registration through a secure electronic form. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - Voter registration, discrepancies, reporting Elections and Voting - Registration, comprehensive report, requirements Secretary of State - Voter registration, comprehensive report, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Retain original provisions except remove language requiring the Secretary of State to work in cooperation with the State Board of Elections to issue the comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records; remove the requirement that the Secretary of State make the report available on his or her official website; establish that any data that is exchanged to remove ineligible voters shall not be subject to commercial use or third-party access to the voter registration system; allow discrepancies to be reported to the county clerk; and remove language allowing a voter who is currently erroneously registered to cancel his or her registration through a secure electronic form. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - Voter registration, discrepancies, reporting Elections and Voting - Registration, comprehensive report, requirements Secretary of State - Voter registration, comprehensive report, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 3 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Retain original provisions, except remove language requiring the Secretary of State to work in cooperation with the State Board of Elections to issue the comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records; remove the requirement that the Secretary of State make the report available on his or her official website; establish that any data that is exchanged to remove ineligible voters shall not be subject to commercial use or third-party access to the voter registration system; allow discrepancies to be reported to the county clerk. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - Voter registration, discrepancies, reporting Elections and Voting - Registration, comprehensive report, requirements Secretary of State - Voter registration, comprehensive report, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 4 |
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Sponsor | A. Southworth |
Summary | Retain original provisions, except remove language requiring the Secretary of State to work in cooperation with the State Board of Elections to issue the comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records; remove the requirement that the Secretary of State make the report available on his or her official website; establish that any data that is exchanged to remove ineligible voters shall not be subject to commercial use or third-party access to the voter registration system; and allow discrepancies to be reported to the county clerk. |
Index Headings |
County Clerks - Voter registration, discrepancies, reporting Elections and Voting - Registration, comprehensive report, requirements Secretary of State - Voter registration, comprehensive report, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter registration, report, requirements |
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