---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 574"
citation: "Kentucky HB 574 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Corrections Impact", "Counties", "County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Wheatley", "B. Wheatley", "D. Thayer", "D. Thayer", "J. Adams", "J. Branscum", "J. Decker", "J. Nemes", "J. Tipton", "K. King", "M. Imes", "P. Stevenson", "S. Sheldon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01baef60-f129-4f28-bfde-441dbfb59e02"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb574.html"
source_hash: "12d67eb2477cb0bfb09ee1d222e421a705c366bc6acd9263a5e45a12cd396a54"
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 574 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb574/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 197** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0197.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb574/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · lower
- PASS HB 574 W/ scs1 sfa1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- M. Imes — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) defeated
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** passed 93-4 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (2) `passage`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) withdrawn
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to the Orders of the Day
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 91-3 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 197) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01baef60-f129-4f28-bfde-441dbfb59e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).