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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-193]
Amend KRS 116.055 to extend the deadline to change one's party affiliation on his or her voter registration from December 31 immediately preceding the primary election to 30 days immediately preceding the primary election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-70]
Amend 118.025 to remove straight ticket voting as a ballot option in an election; amend KRS 63.200, 117.125, 118A.090, and 118A.100 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Wheatley
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-153]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require any contractor who has a contract related to election administration with this state to disclose to the Attorney General and Secretary of State the substance of any communication directed to the contractor or his or her employee, made by an entity or person from a foreign country, federal government agency, or federal official; prohibit any state employee, governmental entity, or governmental agency of this state from accepting private monetary funds to assist with election administration unless
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-113]
Amend KRS 116.055 to allow a registered independent the ability to vote in the primary of one political party; amend KRS 117.125 to provide that voting equipment be adjusted to allow independents to vote in the primary of one political party; amend KRS 118.015 to define "registered independent"; amend KRS 118.125 and KRS 118.571 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Wheatley
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-30]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to allow a person applying online for motor vehicle registration renewal to make a donation to an organ donor program; allow county clerk to ask a person applying in person for motor vehicle registration to make a donation to an organ donor program; require the Transportation Cabinet to forward funds to the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks' Trust for Life on a monthly basis; require a county clerk to forward funds to the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks' Trust for Life on a monthly basis; allow a person applying
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 16) on 03/10/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-168]
Establish new chapter KRS Chapter 118C and create new sections of chapter to establish a system of electing the offices of Commonwealth's attorney, circuit clerk, county attorney, county clerk, sheriff, jailer, and coroner under a nonpartisan system; amend KRS 118.215, 118.315, 118.225, 118.325, and 118.115 to conform; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Duplessis
Taken From Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to constables. [HB-155]
Create a new section of KRS Ch. 70 detailing legislative findings in regards to constables; create a new section of KRS Ch. 70 providing definitions; create a new section of KRS Ch. 70 establishing the Constable Certification Program, course components and length, operating procedures; require promulgation of administrative regulations, frequency of program, funding to be provided from KLEPF fund, establish in-service training requirements for certified graduates; require county board of elections to notify Constable's Association of any elected
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Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency. [SB-3]
(C1278B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 118B to divide the Commonwealth into the following congressional districts: DISTRICT 1 - Adair KY, Allen KY, Anderson KY (part), Ballard KY, Boyle KY, Caldwell KY, Calloway KY, Carlisle KY, Casey KY, Christian KY, Clinton KY, Crittenden KY, Cumberland KY, Franklin KY, Fulton KY, Graves KY, Henderson KY, Hickman KY, Hopkins KY, Livingston KY, Logan KY (part), Lyon KY, Marion KY, Marshall KY, McCracken KY, Metcalfe KY, Monroe KY, Russell KY, Simpson KY, Taylor KY, Todd KY, Trigg KY, Union KY, Washington
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 8) on 01/20/2022
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the County Clerk Office Modernization Task Force. [SCR-136]
Create the County Clerk Office Modernization Task Force to discuss issues regarding the implementation of electronic recording, fees or functions of the county clerk in the recording of documents, closure of county clerk offices due to an emergency, and related issues; report by December 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Howell
Introduced In Senate on 03/02/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-561]
Amend KRS 138.220 to set a single excise tax on gasoline and special fuels; set initial base rate at 34 cents per gallon (cpg); subject tax to annual adjustment; eliminate references to taxation on the average wholesale price of gasoline and the supplemental tax on gasoline and special fuels; require annual notification to motor fuel dealers of the adjusted rate of the excise tax on gasoline and special fuels for each upcoming fiscal year and annual notification to county clerks of the adjusted rate of highway user fees for electric vehicles; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/26/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-586]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, and 118 to define the term "election"; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 121 to require a runoff primary for two slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor if the slates of candidates receive less than fifty percent of the votes cast for all slates of candidates of that party; permit in-person absentee voting for any qualified and registered voter for six working days including the two Saturdays immediately preceding the primary or election; require in-person absentee
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 02/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. [SB-282]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of certain felonies the right to vote as provided by the General Assembly; ballot language included; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Introduced In Senate on 02/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-574]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 48, 65, 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, 120, 242, and 424 relating to paper ballots, voting equipment, voting systems, election education, voter registration, mail-in and in-person absentee voting and procedures, county board of election appointments, precinct election officer qualifications, consolidated precincts, mail-in absentee portal for mail-in ballot application requests, drop-box or receptacle for mail-in absentee ballots, voter assistance requirements prescribed, extension of time for reviewing and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 197) on 04/07/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-262]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 117 to permit any qualified voter the ability to vote in-person absentee during normal business hours on at least any of the 12 working days and two Saturdays before an election; amend KRS 118.038 to conform; make technical corrections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Introduced In Senate on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voting. [SB-271]
Create a new section of Chapter 117 to provide for the curing of certain mail-in absentee ballot deficiencies; amend KRS 117.066 to allow for the combining of precincts into centralized voting locations with requirements prescribed; amend KRS 117.085 to establish an online portal to receive applications for mail-in absentee ballots; add desire of voter as basis to request mail-in absentee ballot; establish in-person early voting, including two Saturdays; amend KRS 117.086 to establish the use of a secure ballot drop box as an option for return of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey
Introduced In Senate on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-259]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, 120, 242, and 424 relating to paper ballots, voting equipment, voting systems, consolidation of precincts, registration periods, inactive voters, penalties related to ballot harvesting, eligible precinct officers and work hours, early voting, online portal for mail-in absentee ballots, mail-in absentee drop-boxes, early counting of mail-in absentee ballots, ballot questions and advocacy, and elections; repeal KRS 117.381 and 117.387, relating to electronic voting systems.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Introduced In Senate on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the election of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals of the Court of Justice. [HB-536]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118A establishing that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be nominated in a partisan primary; establish the manner in which the nomination shall be made; establish that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of the Appeals shall be elected in a regular election on a nonpartisan ballot; amend KRS 118A.060, 118A.100, 118A.150, 118A.190, and various other statutes to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to highway funding and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-508]
Amend KRS 138.220 to set a single excise tax on gasoline and special fuels; set initial base rate at 24.6 cents per gallon (cpg); subject tax to annual adjustment; eliminate references to taxation based on the average wholesale price of gasoline and the supplemental tax on gasoline and special fuels; require annual notification to motor fuel dealers of the adjusted rate of the excise tax on gasoline and special fuels for each upcoming fiscal year and annual notification to county clerks of the adjusted rate of highway user fees for electric and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Duplessis
Introduced In House on 02/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to recorded instruments. [SB-243]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to define "recorded instrument" and "portal"; require county clerks to be open for reviewing and obtaining copies of recorded instruments for 40 hours a week unless they maintain a portal that allows the public to search for electronic copies of recorded instruments; establish deadlines for county clerks to maintain portals for the filing and searching of recorded instruments; create a task force on issues regarding the implementation of electronic recording, fees or functions of the county clerk in the recording
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Taken From Judiciary (s) on 03/01/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-244]
Amend KRS 117.125 and 117.381 to provide that a voting system shall not be connected to, nor have the ability to be connected to the Internet, a modem, or a network of any type.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/22/2021