26RS HB 139

House Bill 139

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Last Action	01/07/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	116
Sponsors	J. Decker, DJ Johnson
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 116.112 to allow the State Board of Elections to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other governmental agencies to exchange data to assist in investigating violations of election offenses; amend KRS 117.125 to require voting systems and equipment meet or exceed a standard approved by the Election Assistance Commission; amend KRS 117.145 to require that county clerks provide voting equipment with the necessary supplies for write-in votes on the day before any in-person voting occurs; amend KRS 117.265 to change the date a person running for President or Vice President must file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate to the same deadline as the certification of candidates; amend KRS 117.355 to require county boards of elections to deliver signature rosters and precinct results to the State Board of Elections within 10 days after any primary or general election; amend KRS 117.379 to require voting systems meet a previously established Election Assistance Commission standard; amend KRS 117.389 to require county clerks to test automatic tabulating equipment after any petitions for local option elections have been filed; amend KRS 118.015 to change the definition of "political party"; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the notification and declaration be in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118.129 to allow a contraction as an acceptable form of a candidate's name; amend KRS 118.165 to require that candidates for Commonwealth's Attorney file nomination papers with the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118.315 to require that the form of petition be prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118.367 to specify that candidates for a special election or election for an unexpired term shall not be required to file a statement-of-candidacy form; require that the statement-of-candidacy form be prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118A.060 to require that the petition for nomination be in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 119.015 to remove the term "falsely"; amend KRS 119.165, relating to the penalty of a Class B misdemeanor regarding voters who vote at a regular or special election before being a citizen; make technical corrections; amend KRS 132.017 to require that questions as to whether the property tax rate shall be levied shall be submitted to voters in a common school election not less than 50 days nor more than 60 days from the date the signatures are validated; require the school district holding the election to post bond with the Circuit Court to cover the costs of the election within 5 days after the petition is found to be sufficient; amend KRS 160.210 to prohibit changes in the boundary of any division after June 1 in the year in which a school board member is to be elected; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 118.551, relating to the definition of political party; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Local Mandate - Election procedures Attorney, Commonwealth's - Candidates, nomination papers, filing requirements Counties - Board of elections, signature rosters, precinct results, delivery County Clerks - Automatic tabulating equipment, testing, requirements County Clerks - Declaration of intent, write-in candidates, deadline County Clerks - Voting systems, equipment, standards Education, Elementary And Secondary - Property tax rate, petition, procedure Education, Elementary And Secondary - School districts, boundary divisions, deadline Effective Dates, Emergency - Election procedures, requirements, deadlines Elections And Voting - Automatic tabulating equipment, testing, requirements Elections And Voting - Common school election, petition, procedure Elections And Voting - Political party, requirements, definition Elections And Voting - School districts, boundary divisions, deadline Elections And Voting - Statement of candidacy, form, requirements Elections And Voting - Systems, equipment, standards Secretary Of State - Candidates, ballot requirements, form of name Secretary Of State - Commonwealth's Attorney, nomination papers, filing requirements Secretary Of State - Declaration of intent, write-in candidates, deadline Secretary Of State - Notification and declaration, form, requirements Secretary Of State - Petition for nomination, form, requirements Secretary Of State - Statement of candidacy, form, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, investigations, election offenses State Agencies - Board of Elections, notification and declaration, form, requirements State Agencies - Board of Elections, petition for nomination, form, requirements State Agencies - Board of elections, signature rosters, precinct results, delivery