---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to elections."
description: "Amend KRS 117.001 to include a definition of \"e-poll book\" and exclude it from the definition of \"voting machine\" and \"voting systems\"; amend KRS 117.025 to allow the State Board of Elections to choose to provide master lists of registered voters in electronic format to county clerks for in use in e-poll books during an election; and amend KRS 117.379 to permit the State Board of Elections to examine any voter registration system maintained by the county clerk, including e-poll books, to establish the security of the system and its components, with a report to be provided to the county board of elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "Kentucky HB 618 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Bratcher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a44de1-04b5-4a93-8760-be3745609f32"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb618.html"
source_hash: "584fac6f7d573aa217a6b76c683d2c0f3c84bd7151b09df97d43e1ec7ecf19fe"
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 618 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 117.001 to include a definition of "e-poll book" and exclude it from the definition of "voting machine" and "voting systems"; amend KRS 117.025 to allow the State Board of Elections to choose to provide master lists of registered voters in electronic format to county clerks for in use in e-poll books during an election; and amend KRS 117.379 to permit the State Board of Elections to examine any voter registration system maintained by the county clerk, including e-poll books, to establish the security of the system and its components, with a report to be provided to the county board of elections.

## 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/hb618/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 172** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0172.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb618/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 618 w/ scs1 sfa3 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Bratcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) defeated
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-3 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3) `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 94-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 172) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59a44de1-04b5-4a93-8760-be3745609f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).