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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voter registration. [HB-182]
Amend KRS 116.025 to provide that a person convicted of a felony shall not be permitted to vote until his or her civil or voting rights have been restored by executive pardon or order; amend KRS 116.045 to provide for voter registration on the day of an election; amend KRS 116.0455 to provide that each application for a motor vehicle driver's license shall be a simultaneous application for voter registration unless declined by the applicant; amend KRS 116.048 to provide that each application filed through a designated voter registration agency shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/06/2021
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AN ACT relating to recorded instruments. [HB-151]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Local Government (h) on 02/09/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-63]
Amend KRS 117.035 to move the appointment of members of the county board of elections to the year after the presidential election beginning in 2027; reduce the requirement of the submission of five names to one name by the county executive committees of each political party for appointment to a county board of elections; amend KRS 117.125 and 117.381 to provide that no voting system shall be connected to the Internet; provide transitional language.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Rules (h) on 03/29/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-72]
Amend KRS 117.085 to provide convenience of the voter as a basis for absentee voting; amend KRS 117.088 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-162]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 120 to provide for an automatic recount in elections of constitutional officers, members of Congress, and members of the General Assembly when the vote margin is 0.5% or less; amend KRS 118.775 relating to membership in the General Assembly to conform; amend KRS 120.185 to provide for a recount in elections of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, members of Congress, and members of the General Assembly when an automatic recount does not apply; amend KRS 120.195, 120.205, and 120.215 to establish procedures for
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/29/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles. [HB-138]
Amend KRS 186A.555 to provide a "cosmetic damage" title for motor vehicles that have received cosmetic damage only; amend KRS 186A.530 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/04/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to absentee voter assistance. [HB-150]
Amend KRS 117.0863 to designate and define who can provide assistance in voting for absentee voters; provide method of designation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to heir property and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-43]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define heir property and create a mechanism for partition or sale among cotenants by the court; create requirements for notice, determination of value through agreement or appraisal; create protocol for buyouts, partition alternatives, partition in kind, sale by open-market, sealed bids, or auction; create the heir property research fund; amend KRS 324B.050 to authorize the Kentucky Real Estate authority to promulgate administrative regulations to issue grants from the fund; amend KRS 64.012 to increase
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 03/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 36 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to time and place of meetings of the General Assembly. [SB-24]
Propose to amend Section 36 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require the General Assembly to convene if the Governor declares a state of emergency in the Commonwealth, and the state of emergency exceeds thirty days in the aggregate of a calendar year during which time the General Assembly is not in regular session. The subjects to be considered by the General Assembly shall be the Governor's executive orders and directives issued pursuant to and relevant to the executive order declaring a state of emergency; ballot language; submit to voters for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/09/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to recall petitions. [HB-133]
Amend KRS 132.017 to reduce the number of signatures required for a recall petition of a tax levy by a district board of education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 149) on 03/28/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the recall of elected officials. [HB-82]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide for the recall of all elected officials, except judges, by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment. [HB-107]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky establishing a right of the people to have a clean and healthy environment with the preservation of the natural, scenic and cultural values of the environment, and for the Commonwealth to serve as the trustee for the conservation and maintenance of the environment and its natural resources for the benefit of all people; ballot language provided; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-71]
Amend 118.025 to remove straight-party voting as a ballot option in a regular election; amend KRS 117.125, 117.381, 117.155, and 117.205 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to county clerk fees. [HB-152]
Amend KRS 64.012 to add affidavits of conversion or severance, assignments of release, statements of authority as to real property, and lien filings by cities to the list of filings with a specified fee; specify that the $10 permanent storage fee is to accrue throughout the county clerk's term; amend KRS 186A.298 and 273A.020 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Local Government (h) on 02/22/2021
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Voting. [SB-846]
Requires the office of the lieutenant governor to establish a system to track the mailing and receipt of ballots returned by mail. Requires the county clerks to notify the office of the lieutenant governor immediately upon mailing and receipt of absentee ballots by mail. Appropriates funds to the counties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Kim
Referred To Jdc, Wam. on 01/24/2019
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Voting. [HB-368]
Requires the office of the lieutenant governor to establish a system to track the mailing and receipt of ballots returned by mail. Requires the county clerks to notify the office of the lieutenant governor immediately upon mailing and receipt of absentee ballots by mail. Appropriates funds to the counties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Saiki
The Committee(s) On Jud Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 46 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to bills considered for final passage. [SB-87]
Propose to amend Section 46 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require each amended legislative bill, which is materially altered or wholly changed in substance, to be read anew at length on three different days in each House beginning with the legislative session in the year 2021 and in each subsequent legislative session thereafter; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/05/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 70, 72, 73, 74, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, and 95 and repeal Section 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abolishing the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. [SB-75]
Propose to amend various sections of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, to establish the President of the Senate as the first in line for gubernatorial succession, and to establish the Speaker of the House as the second in line for gubernatorial succession beginning with the gubernatorial election in November 2023; expand the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court's constitutional obligations to preside over gubernatorial impeachment proceedings; eliminate the Attorney General and the Auditor of Public Accounts
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
Introduced In Senate on 01/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voting. [SB-63]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow in-person early voting between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on the three Saturdays preceding any primary, regular election, or special election; amend KRS 117.087, 117.165, 117.235, and 117.995 to conform; amend KRS 118.035 to conform and to extend voting hours for election day voting from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-60]
Amend KRS 83A.045, 118.165, and 118A.060 to change the filing deadline for certain candidates for election from the last Tuesday in January to the first Friday following the first Monday in January; amend KRS 118.367 to change the deadline for filing a statement-of-candidacy form from April 1 to the first Friday following the first Monday in January; amend various sections to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 187) on 03/26/2019