HB 564 KY

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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.

• J. Branscum Republican · primary
• J. Decker Republican · primary
• R. Roberts · primary
• N. Tate Republican · primary
• J. Tipton Republican · primary
• B. Wheatley · primary

1. Feb 23, 2022 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 23, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Mar 2, 2022 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) · lower
4. Mar 3, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Mar 4, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Mar 7, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 08, 2022 · lower
7. Mar 10, 2022 3rd reading, passed 94-2 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
8. Mar 11, 2022 received in Senate · upper
9. Mar 11, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Mar 14, 2022 to State & Local Government (S) · upper
11. Mar 17, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
12. Mar 18, 2022 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
13. Mar 18, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
14. Mar 21, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022 · lower
15. Mar 23, 2022 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day · lower
16. Mar 24, 2022 3rd reading · lower
17. Mar 24, 2022 floor amendment (1) ruled out of order · lower
18. Mar 24, 2022 passed 32-2 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
19. Mar 25, 2022 received in House · lower
20. Mar 25, 2022 to Rules (H) · lower
21. Mar 29, 2022 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
22. Mar 29, 2022 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) · lower
23. Mar 29, 2022 passed 91-4 · lower
24. Mar 29, 2022 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
25. Mar 29, 2022 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
26. Mar 29, 2022 delivered to Governor · lower
27. Apr 7, 2022 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Acts Chapter 87 · PDF
• Current/Final · PDF
• Introduced · PDF