Kentucky 2017 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 313 — AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 242.020 to prohibit changing a petition for a local option election once it has been filed; establish petition requirements for a local option election; permit the local option question to be placed on the ballot for the next primary or regular election held in that territory; amend KRS 242.030 to require a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; require a local option election to be held in any territory less than a county on the same day as an election day for the entire county; establish dates by which a petition for a local option election must be filed; amend KRS 242.040 to remove the requirement for sheriffs to advertise the election in the newspaper; require the order for an election to be posted no later than two weeks before the election; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244, to conform.

Last action — To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

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

  2. Introduced in House

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