Kentucky 2017 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 319 — AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform.

Last action — Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2017. Enacted.

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190)

  2. Delivered to Governor

  3. Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

  4. Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

  5. Passed 83-6

  6. House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)

  7. Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)

  8. To Rules (H)

  9. Received in House

  10. 3rd reading, passed 35-3 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)

  11. Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017

  12. Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)

  13. Returned to State & Local Government (S)

  14. 2nd reading

  15. Taken from State & Local Government (S)

  16. Returned to State & Local Government (S)

  17. 1st reading

  18. Taken from State & Local Government (S)

  19. To State & Local Government (S)

  20. Received in Senate

  21. 3rd reading, passed 79-3

  22. Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017

  23. 2nd reading, to Rules

  24. Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

  25. Posted in committee

  26. To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

  27. Introduced in House

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Not signed on (138)

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