---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to county boards of elections. Amend KRS 117.035 to establish that a county board of elections shall meet every other month during election years; authorize meetings of the county board of elections at the call of the chair or upon member agreement at other times; direct notice provisions; make technical corrections."
description: "AN ACT relating to county boards of elections. Amend KRS 117.035 to establish that a county board of elections shall meet every other month during election years; authorize meetings of the county board of elections at the call of the chair or upon member agreement at other times; direct notice provisions; make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "Kentucky HB 270 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Richards", "K. Imes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/121d7942-542b-4f28-9716-6e61c7fc71a4"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB270.htm"
source_hash: "9251bece284d7b3c988f273ead58d797e21376391bb55d11919703b01bc884e4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 270 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to county boards of elections. Amend KRS 117.035 to establish that a county board of elections shall meet every other month during election years; authorize meetings of the county board of elections at the call of the chair or upon member agreement at other times; direct notice provisions; make technical corrections.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB270/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Richards — primary (person)
- K. Imes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-12** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 14, 2018
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-15** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-16** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2018-03-19** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2018-03-20** Taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2018-03-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2018-03-29** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, April 2, 2018
- **2018-04-02** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-02** Received in House
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-02** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-13** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 160) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/121d7942-542b-4f28-9716-6e61c7fc71a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).