republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-455.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to elections.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish the Office of Election Investigations and Security within the Office of the Attorney General; establish powers, duties, and procedures; require an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 455	Kentucky HB 455 (2025RS)	bill	Attorney General Elections and Voting Legislative Research Commission Reports Mandated Secretary of State State Agencies	enacted		3	24	3	2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5281f297-218b-40e3-b5a6-499f7f98f1a8	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb455.html	5b95a2423171e613983d91de628c1106deb9e29c8b74df10bab87bc27f8d42c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 455 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish the Office of Election Investigations and Security within the Office of the Attorney General; establish powers, duties, and procedures; require an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 45 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 78–17 (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 455 W/ scs1 — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 71–17 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 78-17 passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reassigned to State & Local Government (S)
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+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 71-17 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
• 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 45) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5281f297-218b-40e3-b5a6-499f7f98f1a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).