Kentucky
General Assembly

02/16/24	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/20/24	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
02/22/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/23/24	2nd reading, to Rules
02/26/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 27, 2024
03/01/24	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill
03/05/24	floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
03/07/24	floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute
03/08/24	3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (4) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
03/11/24	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/26/24	to State & Local Government (S) taken from State & Local Government (S) 1st reading returned to State & Local Government (S)
03/27/24	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/28/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) received in House to Rules (H) posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
04/15/24	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passed 96-0 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
04/19/24	filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State

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 116.112 to provide that the State Board of Elections is authorized to enter into agreements to further voter list maintenance practices; remove language allowing a voter to confirm a change in residence through a letter; amend KRS 117.065 to allow county boards of election to designate certain buildings as voting places on election day and all days of excused and no-excuse in-person absentee voting; amend KRS 117.066 to specify that approved petitions shall not begin applying for the entire year until January 1, 2025; amend KRS 117.085 to update language regarding the Secretary of State's Safe At Home program; add and amend KRS 117.086 to require that lists kept by the county clerks of persons who return absentee ballots also be sent to the Secretary of State; make technical corrections; add and amend KRS 117.900 to allow county boards of election to implement annual prize contests for students and teachers and prescribe guidelines for these contests; amend KRS 118.415 to establish the date for certification of constitutional amendment questions that are to be placed on the ballots; amend KRS 118.445 to require any location designated by the Secretary of State to be publicly displayed on his or her official website; add and amend KRS 119.005 to define "election administration information system"; add and amend KRS 119.115 to make it a Class D felony to tamper or attempt to tamper with, disarrange, deface, impair, injure, or destroy an e-poll book or election administration information system; add and amend KRS 511.100 to change the definition of "key infrastructure assets" to make trespassing upon voting equipment, e-poll books, and all other assets vital to the Commonwealth's election administration a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense, and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Absentee ballots, lists, procedure County Clerks - Consolidation of precincts, procedure, date applied Crimes and Punishments - E-poll book, election administration information system, tamper or destroy, penalty, Class D Felony Crimes and Punishments - Trespass upon, e-poll book, election administration system, penalty Elections and Voting - Consolidation of precincts, procedure, date applied Elections and Voting - County board, prize contests for students and teachers, guidelines Elections and Voting - Designation of voting places, excused and no-excuse in-person absentee voting days Elections and Voting - E-poll book, election administration information system, tamper or destroy, penalty, Class D Felony Elections and Voting - Election administration information system, definition Elections and Voting - Trespass upon, e-poll book, election administration system, penalty Secretary of State - Absentee ballot lists, procedure Secretary of State - Constitutional amendments, ballot question, certification date Secretary of State - Safe at Home program, language State Agencies - Board of Elections, agreements, voter list maintenance State Agencies - Board of Elections, consolidation of precincts, procedure, date applied Constitution, Ky. - Amendments, ballot question, certification dates Boards and Commissions - County board of elections, designation of voting places, excused and no-excuse absentee voting days Boards and Commissions - County board of elections, prize contests for students and teachers, guidelines Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, agreements, voter list maintenance Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, consolidation of precincts, procedure, date applied Technical Corrections - HB 580/HCS 1

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Decker
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete Sections 2, 12, 13, and 31, relating to appropriations, in their entirety; remove language requiring a sworn statement to vote by excused in-person absentee voting for voters in the last trimester of pregnancy; amend KRS 117.085 to require jail staff to allow incarcerated voters to receive assistance from the county clerk to request an absentee ballot; allow voters who are receiving in-patient or residential medical treatment to receive a mail-in absentee ballot at the facility where they are receiving treatment; allow certain voters who have left an address to request a second ballot, and require the county clerk to cancel the first absentee ballot; remove language from KRS 117.086 requiring the county clerk to send a copy of the lists of absentee voters to the Secretary of State; amend KRS 117.295 to clarify that the required video recording may be disposed of by county clerks upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act.
Index Headings	Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, excused in-person absentee voting, requirements County Clerks - Mail-in absentee ballots, requests, procedure County Clerks - Absentee ballots, lists, procedure Elections and Voting - Excused in-person absentee voting, pregnant voters, requirements Elections and Voting - Mail-in absentee ballots, requests, procedure State Agencies - Board of Elections, excused in-person absentee ballot, requirements

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	J. Decker
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 580

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact to House Floor Amendment 3 Local Mandate to House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Decker
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete Sections 2, 12, 13, and 31, relating to appropriations, in their entirety; amend KRS 117.066 to allow county boards of election to petition the State Board of Elections to amend previously approved precinct consolidation plans; amend KRS 117.076 to remove language requiring a sworn statement to vote by excused in-person absentee voting for voters in the last trimester of pregnancy; require that tallies or counts of in-person absentee ballots, or any partial results, be transmitted or publicized only to the county board of elections until a certain time; amend KRS 117.085 to remove new language and restore language referencing the Secretary of State's crime victim address confidentiality protection program; require jail staff to allow incarcerated voters to receive assistance from the county clerk to request an absentee ballot; allow voters who are receiving in-patient or residential medical treatment to receive a mail-in absentee ballot at the facility where they are receiving treatment; allow certain voters who have left an address to request a second ballot, and require the county clerk to cancel the first absentee ballot; remove language from KRS 117.086 requiring the county clerk to send a copy of the lists of absentee voters to the Secretary of State; add and amend KRS 117.0861 to allow a caregiver or employee of a caregiving facility, or an employee of a jail to handle mail-in absentee ballots if he or she is ordinarily engaged in delivery of mail-matter, and as long as the ballot remains private to the voter; amend KRS 117.295 to clarify that the required video recording may be disposed of by county clerks upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act; delete Section 30, relating to key infrastructure assets in its entirety.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - County board of elections, precinct consolidation plan, amendment Corrections Impact - Excused in-person absentee voting, pregnant voters, requirements County Clerks - Absentee ballots, lists, procedure County Clerks - Mail-in absentee ballots, requests, procedure Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, excused in-person absentee voting, requirements Elections and Voting - Excused in-person absentee voting, pregnant voters, requirements Elections and Voting - Mail-in absentee ballots, requests, procedure Secretary of State - Voting locations, precinct consolidation, amendment State Agencies - Board of Elections, excused in-person absentee ballot, requirements Boards and Commissions - County board of elections, precinct consolidation plan, amendment

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate to House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	J. Decker
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 117.066 to allow county boards of election to petition the State Board of Elections to amend previously approved precinct consolidation plans; amend KRS 117.076 to remove language requiring a sworn statement to vote by excused in-person absentee voting for voters in the last trimester of pregnancy; require that tallies or counts of in-person absentee ballots, or any partial results, be transmitted or publicized only to the county board of elections until a certain time; amend KRS 117.085 to remove new language and restore language referencing the Secretary of State's crime victim address confidentiality protection program; require jail staff to allow incarcerated voters to receive assistance from the county clerk to request an absentee ballot; allow voters who are receiving in-patient or residential medical treatment to receive a mail-in absentee ballot at the facility where they are receiving treatment; allow certain voters who have left an address to request a second ballot, and require the county clerk to cancel the first absentee ballot; remove language from KRS 117.086 requiring the county clerk to send a copy of the lists of absentee voters to the Secretary of State; add and amend KRS 117.0861 to allow a caregiver or employee of a caregiving facility, or an employee of a jail to handle mail-in absentee ballots if he or she is ordinarily engaged in delivery of mail-matter, and as long as the ballot remains private to the voter; amend KRS 117.295 to clarify that the required video recording may be disposed of by county clerks upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act; delete Section 30, relating to key infrastructure assets in its entirety; delete Section 31, relating to an appropriation in its entirety.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Absentee ballots, lists, procedure County Clerks - Mail-in absentee ballots, requests, procedure Elections and Voting - Excused in-person absentee voting, pregnant voters, requirements Elections and Voting - Mail-in absentee ballots, requests, procedure Local Mandate - County board of elections, precinct consolidation plan, amendment Local Mandate - Voting locations, precinct consolidation, amendment Secretary of State - Voting locations, precinct consolidation, amendment State Agencies - Board of Elections, excused in-person absentee ballot, requirements Boards and Commissions - County board of elections, precinct consolidation plan, amendment Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, excused in-person absentee voting, requirements

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 remove Sections 2, 13, and 14, which were amending KRS 116.145, 117.343, and 117.345 relating to the fees and reimbursement rates for county clerks and treasurers; amend KRS 118.215 to move the candidate certification date to the third Monday after the filing deadline for the primary; amend KRS 118.225 to require that the ballot position for all statewide office candidates or slates of candidates be determined by lot for each congressional district; remove Section 29, which was amending KRS 160.180 relating to filings by candidates for local boards of education.
Index Headings	County Clerks - Statewide offices, ballot position Elections and Voting - Candidates, slates of candidates, certification, date Elections and Voting - Statewide offices, ballot position, determination Secretary of State - Candidates, slates of candidates, certification, date Secretary of State - Statewide offices, ballot position, determination Corrections Impact - Statewide offices, ballot position Local Mandate - Candidates, slates of candidates, certification, date

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 116.112 to establish that any intergovernmental 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 a voter to confirm his or her residence has changed through writing or through the online form on the State Board of Elections' website.
Index Headings	Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, voter list maintenance, agreements Boards and Commissions - State Board of Elections, voter address change, procedure, form Elections and Voting - State Board of Elections, voter list maintenance, agreements Elections and Voting - Voter address change, procedure, form State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter list maintenance, agreements State Agencies - Board of Elections, voter address change, procedure, form