Kentucky House Bill 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 15.243 to require the Attorney General to select six counties at random and six counties with the highest rate of irregularities for his or her independent inquiry; require the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a uniform procedure for independent inquiries; amend KRS 117.066 to require that petitions for the consolidation of precincts include parking accommodations for the proposed voting location; amend KRS 117.235 to prohibit electioneering during any of the days that in-person absentee voting is conducted or during training for election officers; amend KRS 117.265 to prohibit any candidate who was defeated in a primary from running for the same office during the regular election; amend KRS 117.995 to prescribe criminal penalties for people who have previously been convicted of a felony who then attempt to register to vote; amend KRS 118.105 to remove withdrawal, disqualification, or severe disabling condition as reasons to fill a vacancy in nomination of candidacy; amend KRS 118.125 to conform; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to elections.

Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Joshua Branscum [R]	Rep. Daniel Fister [R]	Rep. David Osborne [R]
Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. James Tipton [R]

2023-03-16 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 320 (Y: 76 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-03-16 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/sfa6 RSN# 2678 (Y: 29 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-07 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 146 (Y: 78 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)
2023-03-16	House	delivered to Governor
2023-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2023-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2023-03-16	House	passed 76-19
2023-03-16	House	House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (6)
2023-03-16	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (6)
2023-03-16	House	taken from Rules
2023-03-16	House	to Rules (H)
2023-03-16	House	received in House
2023-03-16	Senate	passed 29-7 with Floor Amendment (6)
2023-03-16	Senate	Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) withdrawn
2023-03-16	Senate	Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn
2023-03-16	Senate	3rd reading
2023-03-15	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2023-03-15	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
2023-03-15	Senate	floor amendment (6) filed
2023-03-14	Senate	floor amendments (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute
2023-03-14	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-03-13	Senate	floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
2023-03-13	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2023-03-10	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2023-03-08	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-08	Senate	received in Senate
2023-03-07	House	3rd reading, passed 78-20 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-03	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
2023-03-03	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-03-02	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-01	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2023-02-15	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-15	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb302.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb302/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb302/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0074.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/HCS1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/hb302/HCS1CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/hb302/HCS1LM.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/HCA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/SCS1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/hb302/SCS1CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/hb302/SCS1LM.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/SFA2.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/SFA3.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/SFA4.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/SFA5.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB302/SFA6.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/hb302/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/hb302/CI.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb302/vote_history.pdf