---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency."
description: "Effective for the 2022 primary and for no other election, extend the filing deadline for all candidates to January 25, 2022; permit the Secretary of State or the county clerk, as appropriate, to determine when the drawing for ballot positions and certifications will be held; permit the Secretary of State or the county clerk, as appropriate, to establish any other necessary elections deadlines for the 2022 primary, excluding the date of the primary; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Kentucky HB 172 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Elections and Voting", "Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf54ab4-38b4-4c6e-a772-9a615131c483"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb172.html"
source_hash: "6d3bb9987e0a073c03d3592629b09e1eab65457be78c356ec94e6cbdeb856520"
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 172 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

Effective for the 2022 primary and for no other election, extend the filing deadline for all candidates to January 25, 2022; permit the Secretary of State or the county clerk, as appropriate, to determine when the drawing for ballot positions and certifications will be held; permit the Secretary of State or the county clerk, as appropriate, to establish any other necessary elections deadlines for the 2022 primary, excluding the date of the primary; EMERGENCY.

## 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/22RS/hb172/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0001.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb172/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final PASS HB 172 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Dispense with the second and third readings — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consider Motion — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 84-12 `passage`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 06, 2022
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** passed 28-4 `passage`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baf54ab4-38b4-4c6e-a772-9a615131c483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).