All Elections and Voting Legislation - Kentucky
SR271
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text Confirm the appointment of Kristen Webb to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring August 15, 2011. Comment on Bill SR21
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Otto Wilson Goff. HB760
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 119.205 to require candidates who hire transporters of voters to provide a written list with the names and addresses of those transporting voters to the polls to the Registry of Elections Finance; require transporters of voters to register with the candidate and to provide a list with the names and addresses of all persons and voters transported to the polls on the day of the election. HB757
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require each candidate for Governor in the regular election to designate a running mate as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, rather than participating in the primary as part of a slate of candidates; amend KRS 121.015 to define "slate of candidates" to apply only to the regular election, not to the primary, and to include the candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the slate only after he or she has been designated as a running mate by the candidate for Governor; amend and create various sections of KRS Chapters 117, 118, 120, and 121 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227, relating to filings by slates of candidates, and KRS 118.227, which establishes the method of filling a vacancy in a slate of candidates before the primary. HB726
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to create definitions, to require the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations and confer with the county board of elections; to require the county board of elections to make a report to LRC and to the Secretary of State. Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits and wine and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licenses fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform. SB194
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit straight party voting; amend KRS 117.125 to conform. HB599
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 118A to require voters in judicial elections, beginning with the election in 2014, to complete their ballots by ranking candidates in order of choice; eliminate primaries in judicial elections; require all judicial candidates to file petitions of candidacy; establish procedures for the State Board of Elections to follow in tabulating votes and determining the winners of judicial elections; repeal KRS 118A.060, 118A.080, and 118A.090, relating to judicial primaries and regular elections; EFFECTIVE IN PART ON NOVEMBER 6, 2013, AND IN PART ON JANUARY 1, 2014. HB571
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits and wine and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licenses fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform. HB560
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require secondary schools to provide information to twelfth grade students on how to register to vote, how to vote in an election using a ballot, and how to vote using an absentee ballot. HB545
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 160.210 to require county board of education members, except for counties containing a city of the first class, to be elected by the qualified voters of the county at large, even though each member elected shall represent a specific division of the county. SB161
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Propose an amendment to Sections 36 and 42 of the Kentucky Constitution to repeal annual sessions; provide ballot language for submission to voters. HB550
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 Bill Text Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operation of up to seven casinos by horse racing tracks licensed as of January 1, 2008, and up to five other casinos; to establish the distribution of casino gaming moneys; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval. HB547
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to establish the Kentucky Gubernatorial Debate Commission; require the commission, when funding is available, to hold at least one gubernatorial debate in each congressional district in a gubernatorial election year; allow the commission, when funding is available, to hold debates among candidates for Lieutenant Governor; establish membership of the commission; set rules for members' reimbursement, terms of service, and meetings; encourage broadcast media to carry the debates; allow the commission to seek and accept grants from public and private sources. HB493
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute ; received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage f Bill Text Amend KRS 121.135 to authorize the general counsel of the registry to issue a written advisory opinion relating to a specific transaction or activity not later than 20 days after the registry receives the request. HB479
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 79) Bill Text Amend KRS 117.085 to permit requests for applications for an absentee ballot to be transmitted by electronic mail; to require the clerk to provide a voter with a written authorization to vote if the voter does not vote by absentee ballot and returns the ballot to the clerk; amend KRS 117.165 to require the county board of elections to examine the voting machines designated for use during absentee voting not later than 3 business days preceding the date set by the board to conduct absentee voting and to give notice of such examination 24 hours preceding such; amend KRS 117.265 to establish the ineligibility of a write-in candidate; amend KRS 117.275 to conform; amend KRS 117.315 to require the list of challengers be presented to the chair or the secretary of the party committee of the county on or before the third Friday in April preceding the primary; amend KRS 117.995 to expand to absentee voting days the same prohibited activities currently applied to election day; amend KRS 118.425 to [...] show full description HB459
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 121.120 and 121.180 to require the Registry of Election Finance to accept the electronic filing of a campaign finance report as the official version of the report, if the candidate or slate of candidates so chooses; allow the registry to accept electronic reports that are submitted on optical or magnetic disks; delete the requirement that candidates and committees file with the county clerk duplicate paper copies of reports submitted electronically; allow the registry to require filers accepting free filer-side software to use the electronic filing system; clarify provision making electronic filing available to all candidates, committees, and others required to file reports. HB423
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require presidential electors who are chosen from the state at large to cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who receive the highest number of votes in the state; require presidential electors chosen from congressional districts to cast their ballots for the candidates who receive the highest number of votes in the electors' districts; amend KRS 118.325 to require political parties and political organizations to choose one presidential elector from each congressional district and two presidential electors from the state at large, along with alternate electors; amend KRS 117.265, 118.425, 118.435, and 118.445 to conform. HB400
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to set forth the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; create Article I to allow any state and D.C. to be a member of the agreement; create Article II to provide that member states shall conduct a statewide popular vote for election of President and Vice President; create Article III to specify the manner of appointing presidential electors in member states; create Article IV to provide that the compact shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes enact the agreement and allow a state to withdraw from the agreement; create Article V to set forth definitions of the compact. SB117
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Propose to amend Sections 30 and 31 to the Constitution of Kentucky to extend the terms of State Senators from four years to six years beginning in 2010; submit to voters. SB110
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 241.010 to define "veterans' service organization"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to authorize local option elections for the limited sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at a veterans' service organization's post. HB370
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129) Bill Text Amend KRS 118.125, 118.165, 118.315, 188A.060, and 83A.045 to provide that signatures for nomination papers shall not be affixed prior to the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the ballot; amend KRS 118.227 to require the Secretary of State to certify any changes made to a slate of candidates to the appropriate county clerk, the Registry of Election Finance, and the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.170 and 83A.175 to establish when a candidate's name is not to be printed on the ballot; amend KRS 117.265 to prohibit any candidate whose name appears on the ballot from being eligible as a a write-in candidate in the regular election, except in certain situations; amend KRS 118.601, 118A.090, 83A.040, and 83A.165 to conform. HB360
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed Bill Text Amend KRS 117.045 to increase the minimum amount from $60 to $100 to be paid by the county board of elections to an election officer per election day served; change the payment made to precinct election officers and precinct election judges for certain deliveries from the mileage reimbursement permitted for state employees to a flat fee of $10; amend KRS 117.187 to increase the minimum compensation amount from $10 to $25 for reimbursement of actual expenses paid by the county to each election officer for attending each training session; amend KRS 117.345 to increase from $250 to $1,500 the amount of money that the State Board of Elections is required to pay the county treasurer for each precinct in the county that contains a voting machine. Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Propose to amend Section 36 of the Kentucky Constitution to limit odd-year sessions to revenue and appropriation bills, other subjects that may be proposed by the Governor through the filing of a proclamation, and two subjects proposed for consideration by the Senate President and House Speaker and agreed to by both of them, drafted into bills and filed in the appropriate House; permit statutory committees to meet during odd-year sessions; restrict action upon revenue and appropriation bills in even-year sessions to a three-fifths vote; provide schedule for effectiveness of amendment; submit to voters. SB3
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, and 121 to change the filing deadline for candidates in primaries from the last Tuesday in January to the last Tuesday in April; change the date of the primary from the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May to the first Tuesday after the third Monday in August; eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform; EMERGENCY. HC43
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study whether counties should be offered the option of conducting elections in centralized voting centers rather than in voting precincts. HB250
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Conference Committee report filed in House; Conference Committee report adopted in House; Free Conference Committee appointed in House Bill Text Amend KRS 11A.010 to revise the definition of "officer" to include only salaried boards and commissions as subject to the entire ethics code; delete list of certain named boards and commissions; include in the definition of "public servant" any person who performs state service on contract in a full-time position and any person or position designated by executive order of the Governor; define "person," "matter," and "board member"; amend KRS 11A.020 to prohibit use of a public servant's office or position when seeking other employment or contracting for services for oneself; prohibit the misuse of state time, equipment, personnel, facilities, or state resources for private business or campaigns; prohibit soliciting, selling to, or otherwise engaging in a financial transaction with a subordinate or a person or business whom the public servant regulates, does business with, or supervises in the public servant's official capacity, if the economic benefit is greater than $50 in a single calendar [...] show full description SB73
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Propose to amend Section 100 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish requirements for the office of Surveyor and to establish eligibility for the office; to establish that the new requirements be effective for the 2010 regular election; submit to voters for approval or disapproval. SB62
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create new sections in KRS Chapter 14 to establish a crime victim address protection program for victims of domestic violence and abuse, stalking, and felony sexual offenses which would allow crime victims to use an address provided by the Secretary of State in lieu of the victim's actual physical address for the purpose of receiving mail and to allow crime victims to access government services, including the right to vote, based upon their actual addresses but utilizing the program's address on government records and documents. HB47
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 11A.010 to define "legal defense trust" and "trustee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to require reporting requirements for a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.040 to prohibit a public servant or officer from accepting donations to a legal defense trust from any person or business who does business with the state; amend KRS 11A.050 to establish when financial disclosure statements are to be filed by a trustee of a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.990 to establish that violation of the donor limitations or filing requirements constitutes a Class D felony and the forfeiture of employment or constitutional or statutory office. HB176
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 117 to require that provisional ballots be made available for all elections, define terms, and establish procedures for all parties involved in provisional balloting; amend KRS 117.245 and 116. 025 to conform. SB5
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform. HB138
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to establish early voting; amend KRS 117.085, 117.086, 117.0863, 117.087, and 117.235 to conform. SB14
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Propose to amend Sections 153, 91, 93, and 245 of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the office of Treasurer; submit to voters for approval or disapproval. HB178
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - Recommitted to Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 244.290, 244.480, 242.100, and 119.215 to permit local legislative bodies to determine whether the sale and transport of alcoholic beverages will be allowed on a special, primary, or regular election day. Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote, to permit a person convicted of a felony, except felonious sex offenders and felons convicted of violent crimes, to vote after the person has served the sentence for the offense, lived three consecutive years without re-offending, and performed 100 hours of community service; subject to the voters for ratification or rejection. HB5
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor from being allowed to pardon himself; require that an individual who has been charged with, convicted of, or adjudged liable for an offense apply to the Governor for a reprieve, pardon, commutation, or remission; require that anyone submitting an application must provide written notice accepting or rejecting the granted relief; submit to voters for ratification or rejection; provide ballot language. SB8
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...] show full description HB70
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to exclude a convicted felon from the right to vote until expiration of probation or final discharge from parole or maximum expiration of sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection. HB134
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 11A.010 to define "executive officer", change the definition of "officer" to include executive officers; amend KRS 18A.005 to include written reprimands in the definition of "penalization", define "qualifying" and make technical corrections; amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to propose selection method changes to the board for approval or rejection; set time frame for board to approve or reject the proposed change; amend KRS 18A.037 and 18A.040 to change commissioner to secretary; amend KRS 18A.045 to increase board membership to nine members by increasing the representation of classified employees on the board to four elected members and include personnel board members to those covered by the Executive Branch Ethics code; amend KRS 18A.050 to require the two new classified employee members be appointed to serve for two years and seek election during the June 2010 election cycle; allow elected members to serve for three successive terms on the [...] show full description HB212
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To State Government (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 6.611 to exempt from the definition of "anything of value" promotional items of nominal value and informational items; exempt from "anything of value" the cost of attendance or participation, food, and beverages consumed at an in-state event to which an individual legislator has been invited and received prior approval from the LRC; include in the definition of "legislation" administrative regulations and any legislative proposal, even if the proposal is not introduced in the General Assembly; amend KRS 6.686 to prohibit the Commission, in the absence of a complaint, from imposing any penalties except certain specified administrative penalties; permit the Commission, if a complainant or person acting in cooperation with the complainant publicly discloses the existence of a complaint or preliminary inquiry, to dismiss the complaint without prejudice to a new complaint being refiled by the complainant or another person; amend KRS 6.711 to reduce the length of orientation courses [...] show full description HB18
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform. |
 Bill Categories in Kentucky
|
