---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to vacancies in office."
description: "Amend KRS 67C.103 to create the procedures for filling an unexpired term on the consolidated local government council; amend KRS 118.740 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Kentucky HB 191 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc44511-945d-4216-8422-c6d52fb1bf59"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb191.html"
source_hash: "547e15596005577b74707208f7967c68090847c75d61862d204cc5339ff2578c"
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 191 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to vacancies in office.

Amend KRS 67C.103 to create the procedures for filling an unexpired term on the consolidated local government council; amend KRS 118.740 to conform.

## 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/23RS/hb191/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0097.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb191/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 191 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) defeated
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 35 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fc44511-945d-4216-8422-c6d52fb1bf59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).