Kentucky House Bill 301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-24 - became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 23)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require all costs and expenses related to election administration be paid for with public funds; prohibit a state governmental body employee from accepting anything of value to assist with election administration unless entered into as a lawful contract; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require all costs and expenses related to election administration be paid for with public funds; prohibit a local governmental body employee from accepting anything of value to assist with election administration unless entered into as a lawful contract; require a local governmental body employee to disclose, in writing and within five days, to the Governor and the General Assembly any communication related to election laws and election administration from a federal executive branch agency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to require any governmental body employee to disclose, in writing and within five days, to the Governor and the General Assembly any communication related to election laws and election administration from a federal executive branch agency; amend KRS 116.045 to prohibit a county clerk or local governmental body employee from accepting any private monetary funds to assist with voter registration activities unless accepted as part of a valid contract; amend KRS 117.015 to prohibit the State Board of Elections from accepting any private monetary funds for election administration unless accepted as part of a valid contract; amend KRS 117.995 to prescribed criminal penalties for local and state governmental employees who fail to properly disclose communication from a federal executive branch agency and employees who accept a private contribution or anything of value to assist with election administration unless part of a valid contract; amend KRS 48.630 to prohibit unbudgeted federal appropriations for expenditures related to election administration; and provide that the act may be cited as the "Stop Outside Influence Over Elections Act of 2022."

AN ACT relating to elections.

Rep. Patrick Flannery [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Jim Gooch [R]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]
Rep. Bobby McCool [R]	Rep. Sal Santoro [R]	Rep. Nancy Tate [R]

2022-03-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 253 (Y: 77 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/sfa1 RSN# 2098 (Y: 27 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2022-02-17 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 144 (Y: 75 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-24	House	became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 23)
2022-03-11	House	delivered to Governor
2022-03-11	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2022-03-11	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2022-03-10	House	passed 77-18
2022-03-10	House	House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
2022-03-09	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1)
2022-03-09	House	taken from Rules (H)
2022-03-08	House	to Rules (H)
2022-03-08	House	received in House
2022-03-07	Senate	3rd reading, passed 27-4 with Floor Amendment (1)
2022-03-03	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
2022-03-03	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed
2022-03-03	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2022-03-02	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2022-02-22	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2022-02-18	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-02-18	Senate	received in Senate
2022-02-17	House	3rd reading, passed 75-22 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2022-02-15	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
2022-02-14	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2022-02-11	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2022-02-11	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2022-02-01	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2022-01-13	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-13	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb301.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb301/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb301/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0023.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/HB301/HCS1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb301/HCS1CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb301/HCS1LM.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/HB301/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/HB301/SFA1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb301/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb301/CI.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb301/vote_history.pdf