---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 114"
citation: "Kentucky HB 114 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Thayer", "D. Thayer", "J. Hoover", "J. Hoover", "J. Hoover", "M. Dossett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db41cde3-7a0f-4ee4-8003-478d7142a01b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb114.html"
source_hash: "601c1c37de6a16a965aebeaad88f96c12a92922cb71afd9f4ac53b282336ca12"
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 114 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb114/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 13, 2019
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-2 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 27-9 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1), and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Senate floor amendment (1), floor amendment (2) filed to Senate committee substitute, and floor amendment (3-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) defeated
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 56-39 `passage`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 023) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db41cde3-7a0f-4ee4-8003-478d7142a01b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).