---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 118.720 to require the Governor to sign a proclamation for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator; extend the term of the candidate who wins special election to the remainder of the term; repeal KRS 63.200, which requires the Governor to fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator; amend KRS 118.740 and 118.770 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 622"
citation: "Kentucky HB 622 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections and Voting", "Governor", "Local Mandate", "Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott", "D. Fister", "J. Petrie", "K. Bratcher", "K. King", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d63ad13e-279c-49af-9de2-1d5f1be6cba8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb622.html"
source_hash: "c3c16c60f2866f2a9b3b44dec19273a15d9f79580abd7e81c697391add0a77c3"
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 622 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 118.720 to require the Governor to sign a proclamation for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator; extend the term of the candidate who wins special election to the remainder of the term; repeal KRS 63.200, which requires the Governor to fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator; amend KRS 118.740 and 118.770 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/24RS/hb622/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0187.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb622/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 622 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override HB 622 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 81-17 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-5 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 187) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d63ad13e-279c-49af-9de2-1d5f1be6cba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).