Kentucky House Bill 564 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Passed on April 7 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-07 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 119 relating to no-excuse in-person absentee voting, establishing excused in-person absentee voting, prohibiting the early disclosure of unofficial ballot count totals, requiring a tamper resistant seal to be placed on voting equipment, recording the public counter on voting machines before and after the days of in-person absentee voting, changing the time from which the State Board of Elections is required to furnish the county clerk with the appropriate voter registration list prior to an election from five to six days, permitting a disabled voter and military and overseas voters the ability to use the same electronic transmission system for requesting mail-in absentee ballots, removing the requirement that a voter return a mail-in absentee ballot seven days prior to an election, central ballot counting board requirements, ballot box requirements, location designation for the counting and reviewing of mail-in absentee ballots, prohibitions relating to voting equipment and systems from being connected to the internet, requirements relating to securing and locking voting equipment and voting systems, submission of precinct-by-precinct summary reports, requirements relating to the in-person absentee ballot signature roster, requiring a secure online connection for the transmittal of unofficial election results, requirements relating to external devices used to upload election results, requirements related to election officers duties of election administration, requiring the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations, changing the filing deadline for unexpired terms of partisan races, and creating a Class D Felony for any person who directly connects or attempts to directly connect a voting machine, voting equipment, or voting system to a public network, including the Internet; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Joshua Branscum [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Nancy Tate [R]
Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]

2022-03-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 412 (Y: 91 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-03-24 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2208 (Y: 32 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2022-03-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 259 (Y: 94 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-07	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87)
2022-03-29	House	delivered to Governor
2022-03-29	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2022-03-29	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2022-03-29	House	passed 91-4
2022-03-29	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2022-03-29	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
2022-03-25	House	to Rules (H)
2022-03-25	House	received in House
2022-03-24	Senate	passed 32-2 with Committee Substitute (1)
2022-03-24	Senate	floor amendment (1) ruled out of order
2022-03-24	Senate	3rd reading
2022-03-23	Senate	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2022-03-21	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
2022-03-18	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2022-03-18	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2022-03-17	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2022-03-14	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2022-03-11	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-03-11	Senate	received in Senate
2022-03-10	House	3rd reading, passed 94-2 with Committee Substitute (1)
2022-03-07	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 08, 2022
2022-03-04	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2022-03-03	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2022-03-02	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2022-02-23	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-02-23	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb564.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb564/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb564/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0087.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/HB564/HCS1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb564/HCS1CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb564/HCS1LM.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/HB564/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/HB564/SFA1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb564/SCS1CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb564/SCS1LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb564/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb564/CI.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb564/vote_history.pdf