Kentucky House Bill 319 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-11 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform.

AN ACT relating to elections.

Rep. Kenny Imes [R]

Rep. David Osborne [R]

Rep. Sal Santoro [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-11	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190)
2017-03-30	House	delivered to Governor
2017-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-30	House	passed 83-6
2017-03-30	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
2017-03-30	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
2017-03-30	House	to Rules (H)
2017-03-30	House	received in House
2017-03-30	Senate	3rd reading, passed 35-3 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
2017-03-30	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
2017-03-29	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
2017-03-15	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-15	Senate	2nd reading
2017-03-15	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-14	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-14	Senate	1st reading
2017-03-14	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-07	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-06	Senate	received in Senate
2017-03-03	House	3rd reading, passed 79-3
2017-03-01	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017
2017-02-28	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-27	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2017-02-17	House	posted in committee
2017-02-15	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2017-02-13	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB319.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB319/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB319/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB319/SCA1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/17RS/HB319/LM.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB319/vote_history.pdf