---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to actions of government officials."
description: "Amend KRS 83A.030 to establish guidelines for changing the number of legislative body members in mayor-council form of government; amend KRS 83A.040 to allow submission of resignation via electronic mail, establish effective date of resignation if none is provided by the resignation itself; amend KRS 83A.045 to require that any ordinance eliminating a nonpartisan primary or repealing an ordinance eliminating a nonpartisan primary be filed with the county clerk in the year prior to the year in which city elections are to be held; amend KRS 83A.100 to require that any redistricting be accomplished no later than November in the year preceding elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Kentucky SB 190 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbe8d48e-966f-40a8-802c-eb840b9d0d43"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb190.html"
source_hash: "b6dc054b6802de9c2874f7adc2ce693609e7c7abc329d88573003d640c973494"
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 SB 190 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to actions of government officials.

Amend KRS 83A.030 to establish guidelines for changing the number of legislative body members in mayor-council form of government; amend KRS 83A.040 to allow submission of resignation via electronic mail, establish effective date of resignation if none is provided by the resignation itself; amend KRS 83A.045 to require that any ordinance eliminating a nonpartisan primary or repealing an ordinance eliminating a nonpartisan primary be filed with the county clerk in the year prior to the year in which city elections are to be held; amend KRS 83A.100 to require that any redistricting be accomplished no later than November in the year preceding 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/23RS/sb190/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0114.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb190/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 190 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 190 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 114) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbe8d48e-966f-40a8-802c-eb840b9d0d43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).