republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-618.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT relating to elections.	Amend KRS 117.001 to include a definition of "e-poll book" and exclude it from the definition of "voting machine" and "voting systems"; amend KRS 117.025 to allow the State Board of Elections to choose to provide master lists of registered voters in electronic format to county clerks for in use in e-poll books during an election; and amend KRS 117.379 to permit the State Board of Elections to examine any voter registration system maintained by the county clerk, including e-poll books, to establish the security of the system and its components, with a report to be provided to the county board of elections.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 618	Kentucky HB 618 (2022RS)	bill	County Clerks Elections and Voting Secretary of State State Agencies	enacted	K. Bratcher	3	30	3	2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/59a44de1-04b5-4a93-8760-be3745609f32	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb618.html	584fac6f7d573aa217a6b76c683d2c0f3c84bd7151b09df97d43e1ec7ecf19fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 618 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 117.001 to include a definition of "e-poll book" and exclude it from the definition of "voting machine" and "voting systems"; amend KRS 117.025 to allow the State Board of Elections to choose to provide master lists of registered voters in electronic format to county clerks for in use in e-poll books during an election; and amend KRS 117.379 to permit the State Board of Elections to examine any voter registration system maintained by the county clerk, including e-poll books, to establish the security of the system and its components, with a report to be provided to the county board of elections.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 172 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 618 w/ scs1 sfa3 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• K. Bratcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) defeated
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-3 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3) passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 94-0 passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 172) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59a44de1-04b5-4a93-8760-be3745609f32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).