Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | AN ACT relating to campaign finance. | Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption of a violation; prohibit foreign nationals from making a donation, contribution, or expenditure, soliciting another person to make a donation, contribution, or expenditure, or participating in another person's decision to influence a ballot measure; establish a cause of action for accepting or soliciting contributions from prohibited sources and failing to certify, report, or retain records; establish a right of privacy in donations to tax-exempt organizations; establish a penalty for a state or local governmental entity, court, or officer of the court that violates the right of privacy; amend KRS 121.190 to require a "paid for by" disclosure for advertisements advocating or opposing a ballot measure. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2025RS | HB 45 | Kentucky HB 45 (2025RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 | 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/38a2928f-2c12-4c75-bf8d-1e376e1abe3f | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb45.html | 5fa72b3e5a43f8ef64942cfb6967608a1b1607df251b339ab4c75fd23f027da8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky HB 45 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to campaign finance.
Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption of a violation; prohibit foreign nationals from making a donation, contribution, or expenditure, soliciting another person to make a donation, contribution, or expenditure, or participating in another person's decision to influence a ballot measure; establish a cause of action for accepting or soliciting contributions from prohibited sources and failing to certify, report, or retain records; establish a right of privacy in donations to tax-exempt organizations; establish a penalty for a state or local governmental entity, court, or officer of the court that violates the right of privacy; amend KRS 121.190 to require a "paid for by" disclosure for advertisements advocating or opposing a ballot measure.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 57 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASS HB 45 W/ scs1 — 29–6 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 85–12 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 77–12 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 85-12
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
- 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 passed 29-6 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 77-12
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 57)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38a2928f-2c12-4c75-bf8d-1e376e1abe3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).