KY HB595 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 13B.020 to remove the Registry of Election Finance from the list of agencies exempt from conducting administrative hearings pursuant to that chapter; amends KRS 67C.135 to require that county clerks mail voters a notice informing them of their current legislative council district and member upon the completion of reapportionment; amends KRS 116.085 to require that county clerks mail voters a notice informing them of their current district number, state representative, and state senator upon the enactment of a new redistricting plan; amends KRS 121.015 to include in the definition of “campaign committee” that persons receiving contributions and making expenditures in support of a candidate or slate of candidates must be authorized to do so, to define “independent expenditure-only committee,” to include independent expenditure-only committee and federally registered political committee in the definition of “permanent committee,” and to define “reasonable cause”; amends KRS 121.140 to increase the maximum penalty per day for violations, and to require that the registry conduct administrative hearings pursuant to KRS Chapter 13B; amends KRS 121.150 to prohibit independent expenditure-only committees from certain solicitations and contributions regarding religious, charitable, civic, eleemosynary, or other causes or organizations established primarily for the public good, to allow certain campaign committees to make unlimited contributions to an independent expenditure-only committee, or as allowed by federal law to a federally registered political committee with provisions, to allow that campaign funds be used for the repayment of debt in a previous campaign for the same office, to allow independent expenditure-only committees to accept contributions from a corporation, and to make technical corrections; amends KRS 121.160 to make technical corrections; amends KRS 121.170 to allow a committee campaign treasurer to be a registered voter from any state if the chair of the committee is a registered voter in Kentucky, to replace “federally registered out of state permanent committee” with “federally registered political committee,” and to conform to 52 U.S.C. sec 30101(4)(a) and 52 U.S.C. sec. 30118; amends KRS 121.175 to allow members of the General Assembly to use campaign funds for certain legal fees; amends KRS 121.180 to increase the threshold from $3,000 to $5,000 for campaign finance reporting requirements, to change the amount of campaign funds per event or affair that a candidate or slate of candidates can use to purchase admission tickets for or contribute to another candidate or slate of candidates, to establish deadlines by which candidates and slates of candidates shall file the required spending intent form, to establish a penalty for persons who fail to file the required form, and to replace “unauthorized campaign committee” with “independent expenditure-only committee”; amends KRS 121.180 and 121.210 to conform; amends KRS 121.190 to establish additional guidelines for disclaimers in campaign communications; amends KRS 121.230 to establish permissible expenditures for the administrative costs of maintaining a political party headquarters; and amends KRS 121.990 to establish a penalty for persons who fail to comply with requests from the registry for records for audits; EMERGENCY.
Title
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 422 (Y: 78 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-03-21 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 3025 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-05 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 211 (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-03-21 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 3025 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-05 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 211 (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | passed 78-17 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-25 | House | posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-22 | House | to Rules (H) |
| 2024-03-22 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-15 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-03-05 | House | 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-03-01 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024 |
| 2024-02-29 | House | reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | 1st reading |
| 2024-02-28 | House | taken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) |
| 2024-02-27 | House | to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Campaign Finance
Corrections Impact
Crimes and Punishments
Effective Dates, Emergency
General Assembly
Local Mandate
State Agencies
Corrections Impact
Crimes and Punishments
Effective Dates, Emergency
General Assembly
Local Mandate
State Agencies
