---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to elections."
description: "AN ACT relating to elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Kentucky SB 4 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections and Voting", "State Agencies", "Technical Corrections", "Campaign Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "D. Thayer", "D. Thayer", "R. Alvarado", "R. Mills"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69e4cb74-be91-4ba0-b73c-022b7c52730a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb4.html"
source_hash: "8182c36bc8bff4e60a389fecfd170cbc8f6a0abc3f66f7f2ed6bab63b3ec0f61"
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 SB 4 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb4/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 11, 2019
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-2 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 68-26 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 002) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69e4cb74-be91-4ba0-b73c-022b7c52730a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).