---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to digital precinct boundary requirements."
description: "Amends KRS 117.055, 117.0551, 117.0552, and 117.0557 to update terminology for precinct boundaries from a physical map to a digital file requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 779"
citation: "Kentucky HB 779 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Elections and Voting", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Bridges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b646bcf-bd02-4e55-b8ca-6d835c4d8d0f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb779.html"
source_hash: "91988ef2cb1026c25de311a8b57950e12f1253d709f1661158a4148aa243aefb"
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 779 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to digital precinct boundary requirements.

Amends KRS 117.055, 117.0551, 117.0552, and 117.0557 to update terminology for precinct boundaries from a physical map to a digital file requirement.

## 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/24RS/hb779/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0212.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb779/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 779 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Bridges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, April 15, 2024
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 212) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b646bcf-bd02-4e55-b8ca-6d835c4d8d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).