republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-622.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 118.720 to require the Governor to sign a proclamation for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator; extend the term of the candidate who wins special election to the remainder of the term; repeal KRS 63.200, which requires the Governor to fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator; amend KRS 118.740 and 118.770 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 622	Kentucky HB 622 (2024RS)	bill	Elections and Voting Governor Local Mandate Sheriffs	enacted	D. Elliott D. Fister J. Petrie K. Bratcher K. King S. Rudy	3	37	4	2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d63ad13e-279c-49af-9de2-1d5f1be6cba8	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb622.html	c3c16c60f2866f2a9b3b44dec19273a15d9f79580abd7e81c697391add0a77c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 622 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 118.720 to require the Governor to sign a proclamation for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator; extend the term of the candidate who wins special election to the remainder of the term; repeal KRS 63.200, which requires the Governor to fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator; amend KRS 118.740 and 118.770 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 187 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 622 — pass (pass) · lower
• Veto Override — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• Veto Override HB 622 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Fister — primary (person)
• J. Petrie — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• S. Rudy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024
• 2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 34-3 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed 81-17 passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed 29-5 passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 187) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d63ad13e-279c-49af-9de2-1d5f1be6cba8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).