republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-301.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to elections.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require all costs and expenses related to election administration be paid for with public funds; prohibit a state governmental body employee from accepting anything of value to assist with election administration unless entered into as a lawful contract; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require all costs and expenses related to election administration be paid for with public funds; prohibit a local governmental body employee from accepting anything of value to assist with election administration unless entered into as a lawful contract; require a local governmental body employee to disclose, in writing and within five days, to the Governor and the General Assembly any communication related to election laws and election administration from a federal executive branch agency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to require any governmental body employee to disclose, in writing and within five days, to the Governor and the General Assembly any communication related to election laws and election administration from a federal executive branch agency; amend KRS 116.045 to prohibit a county clerk or local governmental body employee from accepting any private monetary funds to assist with voter registration activities unless accepted as part of a valid contract; amend KRS 117.015 to prohibit the State Board of Elections from accepting any private monetary funds for election administration unless accepted as part of a valid contract; amend KRS 117.995 to prescribed criminal penalties for local and state governmental employees who fail to properly disclose communication from a federal executive branch agency and employees who accept a private contribution or anything of value to assist with election administration unless part of a valid contract; amend KRS 48.630 to prohibit unbudgeted federal appropriations for expenditures related to election administration; and provide that the act may be cited as the "Stop Outside Influence Over Elections Act of 2022."	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 301	Kentucky HB 301 (2022RS)	bill	Corrections Impact County Clerks Crimes and Punishments Elections and Voting General Assembly Governor Local Government Local Mandate Secretary of State Short Titles and Popular Names State Agencies State Employees	enacted	B. McCool C. Massey J. Decker J. Gooch Jr. N. Tate P. Flannery S. Santoro	3	26	3	2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3fbf695d-71d9-446a-87ad-bd2ce8c669d8	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb301.html	dbd7f16f1b30cd90c2dcab99e757e16a481c95c53341ad6ca08b6b16195d0382	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 301 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require all costs and expenses related to election administration be paid for with public funds; prohibit a state governmental body employee from accepting anything of value to assist with election administration unless entered into as a lawful contract; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require all costs and expenses related to election administration be paid for with public funds; prohibit a local governmental body employee from accepting anything of value to assist with election administration unless entered into as a lawful contract; require a local governmental body employee to disclose, in writing and within five days, to the Governor and the General Assembly any communication related to election laws and election administration from a federal executive branch agency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to require any governmental body employee to disclose, in writing and within five days, to the Governor and the General Assembly any communication related to election laws and election administration from a federal executive branch agency; amend KRS 116.045 to prohibit a county clerk or local governmental body employee from accepting any private monetary funds to assist with voter registration activities unless accepted as part of a valid contract; amend KRS 117.015 to prohibit the State Board of Elections from accepting any private monetary funds for election administration unless accepted as part of a valid contract; amend KRS 117.995 to prescribed criminal penalties for local and state governmental employees who fail to properly disclose communication from a federal executive branch agency and employees who accept a private contribution or anything of value to assist with election administration unless part of a valid contract; amend KRS 48.630 to prohibit unbudgeted federal appropriations for expenditures related to election administration; and provide that the act may be cited as the "Stop Outside Influence Over Elections Act of 2022."

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 23 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 301 W/ sfa1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. McCool — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• S. Santoro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 75-22 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 27-4 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules (H)
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1)
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 passed 77-18 passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 23) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fbf695d-71d9-446a-87ad-bd2ce8c669d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).