---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to elections."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish the Office of Election Investigations and Security within the Office of the Attorney General; establish powers, duties, and procedures; require an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 455"
citation: "Kentucky HB 455 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Elections and Voting", "Legislative Research Commission", "Reports Mandated", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5281f297-218b-40e3-b5a6-499f7f98f1a8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb455.html"
source_hash: "5b95a2423171e613983d91de628c1106deb9e29c8b74df10bab87bc27f8d42c7"
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 455 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish the Office of Election Investigations and Security within the Office of the Attorney General; establish powers, duties, and procedures; require an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission.

## 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/25RS/hb455/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 45** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0045.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb455/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **78–17** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 455 W/ scs1 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **71–17** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-17 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 71-17 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 45) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5281f297-218b-40e3-b5a6-499f7f98f1a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).