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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the property tax quarterly installment payment program. [HB-699]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to establish a quarterly installment payment program for real property taxes; provide quarterly installment calculation guidelines; require specific property tax information be sent to the taxpayer through notifications or made accessible through an online system; allow administrative fee up to 3 percent; disallow 2 percent discount for early payment of taxes; prohibit collection of penalties and interest; require Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations; establish penalties for noncompliance;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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AN ACT relating to campaign finance and declaring an emergency. [HB-740]
Amend KRS 121.015 to define "form"; amend KRS 121.160 to remove the requirement of a candidate or slate of candidates designating a treasurer at the office with which they file for candidacy, and instead require the office for which the candidate files to forward a copy to the Registry of Election Finance; amend KRS 121.180 to require a candidate exempt from filing a campaign finance report to file a 30 day post-election report of receipts and disbursements; require a candidate who is exempt from filing for the primary who advances to the regular
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Koch
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 208) on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-728]
Amend KRS 117.066 to include an additional requirement for a county board of elections' petition for consolidating precincts before the State Board of Elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mechanic's and materialman's liens. [HB-719]
Amend KRS 376.010 to establish a mechanism for protection for owners of leased property from liens arising from work performed through a contract with the lessee when the lessee is prohibited from entering into such an agreement by the lease; require the filing of notice documents with the county clerk to apprise the prospective provider of labor or materials; amend KRS 371.325 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
To Judiciary (s) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-618]
Amend KRS 117.001 to include a definition of "e-poll book" and exclude it from the definition of "voting machine" and "voting systems"; amend KRS 117.025 to allow the State Board of Elections to choose to provide master lists of registered voters in electronic format to county clerks for in use in e-poll books during an election; and amend KRS 117.379 to permit the State Board of Elections to examine any voter registration system maintained by the county clerk, including e-poll books, to establish the security of the system and its components, with
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 172) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to constitutional officers. [SB-247]
Amend KRS 11.400 to prescribe additional duties to the office of Lieutenant Governor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to establish a procedure to form a slate of candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; amend KRS 118.125 to include an oath for a slate of candidates; amend KRS 118.226 to establish a procedure to follow if a vacancy occurs in a slate of candidates before a primary; amend KRS 121.015 to redefine “slate of candidates;” amend KRS 117.275, 118.025, 120.055, and 120.095 to conform; repeal KRS 118.126.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation. [HB-622]
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Rudy
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the office of county judge/executive. [HB-661]
Amend KRS 63.210 to change the procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of county judge/executive, requiring the Governor to choose an appointee from a list of three names submitted by the county executive committee of the same political party as the county judge/executive who held the vacant seat; amend KRS 67.705 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-679]
Amend KRS 158.070 to allow school districts to remain open if an individual school within the district is used as a polling location for an election; permit a school district to include additional days within their nontraditional instruction plan for each school district that closes to allow schools in the district to be used as a polling place for an election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. [HB-658]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of certain felonies the right to vote; ballot language included; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-599]
Amend KRS 67.060 to require the office of county commissioners to have partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.040 to require the office of mayor and legislative body members to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.045 to require all city offices to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.100 to require the city ward to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.180 to allow for the use of a transcript from an accredited college to satisfy the requisite for school board candidacy
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
Introduced In House on 02/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [SB-216]
Amend KRS 15.243 to expand the Attorney General's independent inquiry of potential election irregularities from not fewer than 5% of Kentucky counties to not fewer than 12 counties; amend KRS 117.228 to remove credit or debit card as a voter's secondary form of proof of identification; amend KRS 117.125 to require all voting systems to be approved in accordance with prescribed requirements by January 1, 2024, and prohibit a voting systems' capability of connecting to any network, including the Internet, or with any device external to the voting
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 219) on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to county audits. [HB-588]
Amend KRS 43.070 to permit counties, county clerks, and county sheriffs to have a certified public accountant conduct an annual audit; provide if a county, county clerk, or county sheriff elects to have the Auditor of Public Accounts conduct the audit, the audit must be completed by August 1 following the calendar year that is the focus of the audit, and by February 1 of the following fiscal year that is the focus of the audit; amend KRS 64.810 to permit a fiscal court, county clerk, or county sheriff to employ a certified public accountant to conduct
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Local Government (h) on 03/22/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to restoration of rights. [SB-223]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights three years after completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to off-highway vehicles. [SB-221]
Amend KRS 186.010 to define "off-highway vehicle"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the operation of off-highway vehicles on certain roadways in the Commonwealth; outline OHV requirements and operation guidelines for OHV permit holders; allow the Transportation Cabinet or a local government to prohibit the operation of OHVs on any roadway under its jurisdiction; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.515 and KRS 186A.070 to conform; amend KRS 189.990 to establish a penalty for operating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
To Transportation (s) on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-564]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 119 relating to no-excuse in-person absentee voting, establishing excused in-person absentee voting, prohibiting the early disclosure of unofficial ballot count totals, requiring a tamper resistant seal to be placed on voting equipment, recording the public counter on voting machines before and after the days of in-person absentee voting, changing the time from which the State Board of Elections is required to furnish the county clerk with the appropriate voter registration list prior to
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 87) on 04/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to electric vehicles and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-568]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; establish an excise tax on electric vehicle power dealers for power distributed to electric vehicles; set initial base of three cents per kilowatt hour; subject tax to annual adjustment; require annual notification to electric vehicle power dealers of the adjusted rate of the excise tax on electric vehicle power for each upcoming fiscal year and annual notification to county clerks of the adjusted rate of highway user fees for electric and hybrid vehicles; provide a mechanism for annual adjustment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Duplessis
Introduced In House on 02/23/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation. [HB-546]
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
Introduced In House on 02/22/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation. [SB-208]
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Transportation (s) on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation. [HB-557]
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sal Santoro
Introduced In House on 02/22/2022