---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to campaign finance and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 121.015 to define \"form\"; amend KRS 121.160 to remove the requirement of a candidate or slate of candidates designating a treasurer at the office with which they file for candidacy, and instead require the office for which the candidate files to forward a copy to the Registry of Election Finance; amend KRS 121.180 to require a candidate exempt from filing a campaign finance report to file a 30 day post-election report of receipts and disbursements; require a candidate who is exempt from filing for the primary who advances to the regular election to refile for the filing exemption; require any candidate who is no longer eligible for the exemption to immediately file for a revocation of the exemption; and permit candidates, slate of candidates, and candidate-authorized campaign committee to file annual campaign finance reports with requirements prescribed; remove references to paper filing; and make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 740"
citation: "Kentucky HB 740 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Finance", "County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Koch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ab5678-c948-4f86-be6b-8f8b358e5c6b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb740.html"
source_hash: "c114bc5a25e1911c072a68e471c31e50da4b9d788d98da892b8ccf7e3c9b9c74"
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 740 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to campaign finance and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 121.015 to define "form"; amend KRS 121.160 to remove the requirement of a candidate or slate of candidates designating a treasurer at the office with which they file for candidacy, and instead require the office for which the candidate files to forward a copy to the Registry of Election Finance; amend KRS 121.180 to require a candidate exempt from filing a campaign finance report to file a 30 day post-election report of receipts and disbursements; require a candidate who is exempt from filing for the primary who advances to the regular election to refile for the filing exemption; require any candidate who is no longer eligible for the exemption to immediately file for a revocation of the exemption; and permit candidates, slate of candidates, and candidate-authorized campaign committee to file annual campaign finance reports with requirements prescribed; remove references to paper filing; and make technical corrections.

## 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/hb740/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0208.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb740/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 740 w/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 740 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Koch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 08, 2022
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 75-21 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 27-8 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 72-21 `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** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 73-25 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 25-10 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 208) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75ab5678-c948-4f86-be6b-8f8b358e5c6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).