KY SB155 | 2011 | Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill 155 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 24 2011 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-02-28 - posting waived
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Summary

Amend KRS 120.055 to specify that the Rules of Civil Procedure govern service of process in a primary contest proceeding, to provide grounds upon which a contest may be brought, and to require the Circuit Judge to enter an order directing all voting materials to be placed in the custody of the circuit clerk; amend KRS 120.065 to restate the standard of review in a contest to a preponderance of the evidence and to establish that a court may determine an election is void or valid; amend KRS 120.075 to specify that a supersedeas bond be executed if necessary following an appeal of the Circuit Court judgment; amend KRS 120.095 to specify how bond amount for a primary contest is established, to require that records be transferred to custody of Circuit court to maintain security consistent with regulations, and to specify how a recount of the votes is conducted in a contest of a primary; amend KRS 120.155 to specify that the Rules of Civil Procedure govern service of process in an election contest and to provide grounds upon which contest may be brought; amend KRS 120.165 to restate the standard of review in a contest to a preponderance of the evidence and to establish that a court may determine an election is void or valid; amend KRS 120.185 to specify how bond amount for an election recount is established, to require that records be transferred to custody of Circuit Court to maintain security consistent with regulations, and to specify how a recount of the votes is conducted in an election; declare EMERGENCY.

Title

AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-28		posting waived
2011-02-25		to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2011-02-24		received in House
2011-02-23		passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (2)
2011-02-23		Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn
2011-02-23		Committee Substitute (1) reconsidered
2011-02-23		taken from the Orders of the Day
2011-02-23		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2011
2011-02-23		reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2)
2011-02-18		recommitted to State & Local Government (S)
2011-02-18		Committee Substitute adopted
2011-02-18		3rd reading
2011-02-18		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2011
2011-02-18		reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
2011-02-17		recommitted to State & Local Government (S)
2011-02-16		reported favorably, to Rules
2011-02-15		to State & Local Government (S)
2011-02-15		returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2011-02-15		2nd reading
2011-02-15		taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2011-02-14		returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2011-02-14		1st reading
2011-02-14		taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2011-02-11		introduced in Senate