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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land. [HB-575]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms, prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow an existing foreign-owned business to purchase adjacent agricultural land to expand (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Committee Substitute (1) on 04/15/2024

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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to vacancies in office. [HB-545]
Amend KRS 67C.103 to provide that a runoff election shall be held if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast and the candidates receiving the two highest number of votes are of separate political parties; provide that the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be elected to fill the vacancy when no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast and the candidates receiving the two highest number of votes are of the same political party; provide that a runoff election shall be held 45 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roarx Introduced In House on 02/14/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to qualifications of members of the General Assembly. [HB-519]
Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to lower the minimum age requirements for members of the General Assembly and the residency requirement for Senators; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Keturah Herron Introduced In House on 02/13/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to restoration of rights. [SB-195]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies three years after completion of 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 02/14/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to legal instruments. [HB-488]
Amends KRS 382.297 to establish when a county clerk shall admit any amendment, renewal, modification, or extension of a recorded mortgage to record, to establish when a county clerk shall admit affidavits of amendment prepared and executed by an attorney to record, and to establish recording requirements and construction of section; and amends KRS 413.100 to establish when a promise, acknowledgment, or payment of money operates as an extension of a lien in a recorded mortgage or deed, and to establish recording requirements for an extended lien.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 130) on 04/09/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly. [HB-4]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish that the General Assembly shall determine the date a regular session shall end unless another date is agreed upon by three-fifths of the membership of each House; establish that the General Assembly may be convened upon a Joint Proclamation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House for no more than 12 legislative days annually; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne Taken From Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/12/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local boards of education. [SB-169]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process to recall a member of a local board of education; amend KRS 160.190 to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor To Education (s) on 02/06/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to agricultural districts. [HB-418]
Amends KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres, to add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, approval, and withdrawal of property from an agricultural district, and to allow a district board of supervisors to consider possible dissolution of an agricultural district if an owner’s withdrawal of property results in the remaining land no longer qualifying as agricultural land.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 136) on 04/09/2024

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18, Chapter 6, relative to office qualifications. [SB-2284]
As enacted, requires a person seeking to qualify for election to the office of county clerk to be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Powers Effective Date(s) 04/04/2024 on 04/08/2024

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18, Chapter 6, relative to office qualifications. [HB-2443]
As enacted, requires a person seeking to qualify for election to the office of county clerk to be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Keisling Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 647 on 04/08/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. [SB-143]
Proposes to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and provides ballot language and submission to voters for their ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 7) on 03/21/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding. [HB-2]
Proposes a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provides ballot language; and provides for submittal to voters for ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 8) on 03/21/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency. [HB-388]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commissions, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by consolidated local governments have geographic diversity; amends KRS 67C.103 to require that the election of council members in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.105 to require that the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 181) on 04/12/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-374]
Amend KRS 117.228 to remove a credit or debit card as a secondary form of identification to confirm a voter's identity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox Introduced In House on 01/24/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 77 and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons and commute sentences. [SB-126]
Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor's ability to grant pardons or commute sentences beginning 30 days prior to a gubernatorial election and ending at that gubernatorial inauguration; amend Section 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/07/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. [HB-341]
Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser To State & Local Government (s) on 02/09/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions. [HB-337]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond Introduced In House on 01/22/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime. [SB-117]
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens To State & Local Government (s) on 01/22/2024

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Relating To Registered Voters. [HB-1733]
Requires county clerks to update the general register of voters according to death certificates and other disqualifying records upon receipt from department of health or another informing agency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/24/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime. [HB-295]
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances, including as punishment for a crime; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 01/18/2024

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