KY HB158 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]
Summary
Amend KRS 83A.045 to change the filing deadline for city offices to the last business day in December; amend KRS 83A.165 to clarify that vacancies in office occurring on or after the 134th day before a May primary or at a time after the primary shall be filled not later than the second Tuesday in August; amend KRS 118.165 to change the filing deadline for county offices, statewide offices, members of Congress, and members of the General Assembly to the last business day in December; amend KRS 118.215 and 118.225 to clarify when the names on a ballot are certified and when their order on the ballot is determined; amend KRS 118.365 to change the filing deadline for candidates for city offices not covered by KRS 83A.047 and supervisors of soil and water conservation districts to the last business day in December, retain the existing filing deadline for candidates for members of boards of education, change the filing deadline for candidates nominated by convention and by the governing authority of a political party to the last business day in December, and delete the reference to the filing a statement of candidacy as required by KRS 118.367; amend KRS 118.375 to clarify that the filing deadline for a vacancy in any elective office that occurs less than 134 days before the primary or at any time after the primary remains the second Tuesday in August; amend KRS 118.591 to change the filing deadline for filing petitions or notice of candidacy for President of the United States to the last business day in December; amend KRS 118.601 to change the date to determine the order of candidacy for a presidential preference primary to the Thursday following the last business day in December; amend KRS 118A.060 to change the filing deadline for an office of the Court of Justice to the last business day in December, and to change the date on which the order of names on each ballot is determined to the Thursday following the last business day in December; amend KRS 118A.100 to change the filing deadline for an unexpired term of a judicial office to the last business day in December; amend KRS 118A.090 to conform; repeal KRS 118.367, which pertains to statement-of-candidacy forms for independent, political organization, or political group candidates; EFFECTIVE November 4, 2015.
Title
AN ACT relating to elections.
Sponsors
| Rep. Rick Nelson [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-02 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2015-02-27 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2015-02-26 | House | 3rd reading, passed 90-1 |
| 2015-02-26 | House | floor amendment (1) filed |
| 2015-02-25 | House | taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| 2015-02-25 | House | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| 2015-02-25 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2015-02-24 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2015-02-13 | House | posted in committee |
| 2015-01-09 | House | to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) |
| 2015-01-08 | House | introduced in House |
