Kentucky Senate Bill 50 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-05 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 67.060 to require the office of county commissioner to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.040 to require the office of mayor and legislative body members to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.045 to require all city offices to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.100 to require the city ward to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.200 to require the offices of boards of education to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.210 to require school board candidates to have emblems of political party affiliation presented on the ballot; amend KRS 262.210 to require the offices of soil and water conservation officers to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend various KRS sections to conform; and repeal KRS 83A.047, 83A.050, 83A.170, 83A.175, 160.250, and 160.260.

AN ACT relating to elections.

Sen. Damon Thayer [R]

Sen. Gary Boswell [R]

Sen. Phillip Wheeler [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-05	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2023-01-03	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-01-03	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb50.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb50/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/sb50/LM.pdf