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Bill AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 15.243 to expand the Attorney General's independent inquiry of potential election irregularities from not fewer than 5% of Kentucky counties to not fewer than 12 counties; amend KRS 117.228 to remove credit or debit card as a voter's secondary form of proof of identification; amend KRS 117.125 to require all voting systems to be approved in accordance with prescribed requirements by January 1, 2024, and prohibit a voting systems' capability of connecting to any network, including the Internet, or with any device external to the voting system; amend KRS 117.135 to prescribe requirements relating to the county clerk's duties of securing and protecting voting equipment; and amend KRS 117.295 to expand the time in which voting equipment is to remain locked against voting after the election and require the voting equipment and ballot boxes to be under video surveillance. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2022RS SB 216 Kentucky SB 216 (2022RS)
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M. Wilson
R. Mills
S. West
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Kentucky SB 216 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 15.243 to expand the Attorney General's independent inquiry of potential election irregularities from not fewer than 5% of Kentucky counties to not fewer than 12 counties; amend KRS 117.228 to remove credit or debit card as a voter's secondary form of proof of identification; amend KRS 117.125 to require all voting systems to be approved in accordance with prescribed requirements by January 1, 2024, and prohibit a voting systems' capability of connecting to any network, including the Internet, or with any device external to the voting system; amend KRS 117.135 to prescribe requirements relating to the county clerk's duties of securing and protecting voting equipment; and amend KRS 117.295 to expand the time in which voting equipment is to remain locked against voting after the election and require the voting equipment and ballot boxes to be under video surveillance.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 219 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASS SB 216 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
  • Final Passage — pass (pass) · upper
  • FINAL PASSAGE SB 216 w/ fccr1 — pass (pass) · upper
  • Pass — pass (pass) · upper
  • FINAL PASSAGE SB 216 VETO OVERRIDE — pass (pass) · upper
  • Veto Override — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • M. Wilson — primary (person)
  • R. Mills — primary (person)
  • S. West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+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 22-10 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill amendment-introduction
  • 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2022-03-08T05:00:00+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
  • 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2022
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 87-6 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules (H)
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1), floor amendments (1), (2), and committee amendment (1-title)
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1), Committee Amendment (1-title) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 83-10 passage
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Free Conference Committee Report (1)
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 35-1 passage
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed 28-9 passage
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed 71-18 passage
  • 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 219) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5743478-8115-4a94-ab06-188f7c8575e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).