republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-574.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.	AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2021RS	HB 574	Kentucky HB 574 (2021RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Corrections Impact Counties County Clerks Elections and Voting Local Government Local Mandate Secretary of State State Agencies	enacted	B. Wheatley B. Wheatley D. Thayer D. Thayer J. Adams J. Branscum J. Decker J. Nemes J. Tipton K. King M. Imes P. Stevenson S. Sheldon	3	41	4	2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/01baef60-f129-4f28-bfde-441dbfb59e02	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb574.html	12d67eb2477cb0bfb09ee1d222e421a705c366bc6acd9263a5e45a12cd396a54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 574 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 197 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt — fail (fail) · lower
• PASS HB 574 W/ scs1 sfa1 scta1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Wheatley — primary (person)
• B. Wheatley — primary (person)
• D. Thayer — primary (person)
• D. Thayer — primary (person)
• J. Adams — primary (person)
• J. Branscum — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• M. Imes — primary (person)
• P. Stevenson — primary (person)
• S. Sheldon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2021
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) defeated
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 passed 93-4 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (2) passage
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) withdrawn
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title) passage
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 returned to the Orders of the Day
• 2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Bill passed 91-3 passage
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 197) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01baef60-f129-4f28-bfde-441dbfb59e02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).