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Bill AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform. AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2017RS HB 319 Kentucky HB 319 (2017RS)
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Kentucky HB 319 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform.

Version chain

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

  1. HB 319 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCA1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-13 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2017-02-15 To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-02-17 Posted in committee
  • 2017-02-27 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-02-28 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-03-01 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017
  • 2017-03-03 3rd reading, passed 79-3 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-06 Received in Senate
  • 2017-03-07 To State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2017-03-14 Taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 2017-03-14 1st reading reading-1
  • 2017-03-14 Returned to State & Local Government (S)
  • 2017-03-15 Taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 2017-03-15 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2017-03-15 Returned to State & Local Government (S)
  • 2017-03-29 Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
  • 2017-03-30 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
  • 2017-03-30 3rd reading, passed 35-3 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-30 Received in House
  • 2017-03-30 To Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-03-30 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
  • 2017-03-30 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
  • 2017-03-30 Passed 83-6
  • 2017-03-30 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2017-03-30 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2017-03-30 Delivered to Governor
  • 2017-04-11 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d48f290c-a60d-49f1-b581-33cd795c81be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).