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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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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.

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 57 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASS HB 45 W/ scs1 — 296 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 8512 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — 7712 (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

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38a2928f-2c12-4c75-bf8d-1e376e1abe3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).