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Bill AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 117.045 to allow a lesser number of precinct officers when the State Board of Elections has approved a county board of elections' precinct consolidation plan; amend KRS 117.065 to require the county board of elections to notify local boards of education of its intent to use school buildings as voting places by December 1 of each year; require the county board of elections to specify which school buildings will be used; amend KRS 117.066 to conform; allow a county board of elections to request an amendment to its previously submitted precinct consolidation plan if it is at least 56 days before a special election; amend KRS 117.076 to allow caregivers of voters qualified to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot due to age, disability, or illness to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.085 to allow the county clerk to issue voters a mail-in absentee ballot; allow county clerks to issue another mail-in absentee ballot to voters; amend KRS 117.086 to allow the county clerk to dispose of video surveillance of ballot drop-boxes or receptacles after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 117.255 to remove the requirement that the county board of elections make the determination of whether a voter requires permanent voting assistance; require that voters requesting assistance on a permanent basis swear an oath; amend KRS 117.265 to change the deadline to file to run as a write-in candidate to the same deadline as the certification of candidates; prohibit certified lists of write-in candidates from being posted; allow voters to review a copy of the certified list of write-in candidates; amend KRS 117.275 to remove language regarding voting equipment that is no longer in use; amend KRS 117.355 to conform; amend KRS 117.383 to allow the video surveillance of hand-to-eye audits to be disposed after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the two voters signing a candidate's notification and declaration are of the same party and from the same district or jurisdiction as the candidate at the time of signing; amend KRS 118.165 to clarify when candidates shall file nomination papers; amend KRS 118.205 to require that a candidate's district number be listed with the Secretary of State rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.212 to conform; amend KRS 118.215 to require that a candidate's office and district number be provided to the county clerks rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.315 to clarify that a petitioner for the nomination of a candidate can sign more than one nominating form for the same office; amend KRS 118.387 to require the county clerk and Secretary of State to display a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence on their website; clarify that political affiliations shall only be listed online for partisan candidates; amend KRS 118.425 to establish the deadline for the certification of the total number of votes to the Secretary of State following the hand-to-eye audit; amend KRS 118A.140 to require the Secretary of State to record a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 119.165 to clarify that any person who has been convicted of a felony and knowingly votes or attempts to vote shall be guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 158.070 to establish that school districts are not required to close if school buildings are used as voting places. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2025RS HB 684 Kentucky HB 684 (2025RS)
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Kentucky HB 684 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 117.045 to allow a lesser number of precinct officers when the State Board of Elections has approved a county board of elections' precinct consolidation plan; amend KRS 117.065 to require the county board of elections to notify local boards of education of its intent to use school buildings as voting places by December 1 of each year; require the county board of elections to specify which school buildings will be used; amend KRS 117.066 to conform; allow a county board of elections to request an amendment to its previously submitted precinct consolidation plan if it is at least 56 days before a special election; amend KRS 117.076 to allow caregivers of voters qualified to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot due to age, disability, or illness to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.085 to allow the county clerk to issue voters a mail-in absentee ballot; allow county clerks to issue another mail-in absentee ballot to voters; amend KRS 117.086 to allow the county clerk to dispose of video surveillance of ballot drop-boxes or receptacles after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 117.255 to remove the requirement that the county board of elections make the determination of whether a voter requires permanent voting assistance; require that voters requesting assistance on a permanent basis swear an oath; amend KRS 117.265 to change the deadline to file to run as a write-in candidate to the same deadline as the certification of candidates; prohibit certified lists of write-in candidates from being posted; allow voters to review a copy of the certified list of write-in candidates; amend KRS 117.275 to remove language regarding voting equipment that is no longer in use; amend KRS 117.355 to conform; amend KRS 117.383 to allow the video surveillance of hand-to-eye audits to be disposed after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the two voters signing a candidate's notification and declaration are of the same party and from the same district or jurisdiction as the candidate at the time of signing; amend KRS 118.165 to clarify when candidates shall file nomination papers; amend KRS 118.205 to require that a candidate's district number be listed with the Secretary of State rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.212 to conform; amend KRS 118.215 to require that a candidate's office and district number be provided to the county clerks rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.315 to clarify that a petitioner for the nomination of a candidate can sign more than one nominating form for the same office; amend KRS 118.387 to require the county clerk and Secretary of State to display a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence on their website; clarify that political affiliations shall only be listed online for partisan candidates; amend KRS 118.425 to establish the deadline for the certification of the total number of votes to the Secretary of State following the hand-to-eye audit; amend KRS 118A.140 to require the Secretary of State to record a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 119.165 to clarify that any person who has been convicted of a felony and knowingly votes or attempts to vote shall be guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 158.070 to establish that school districts are not required to close if school buildings are used as voting places.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 125 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Suspend the Rules — 19–49 (fail) · lower
  • Pass — 85–7 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — 84–15 (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 684 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
  • Override Veto Final Passage HB 684 — 30–6 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
  • 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
  • 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 85-7 with Committee Substitute and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar 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 37-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 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
  • 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 84-15 passage
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 30-6 passage
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 125) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35130b13-f632-43a2-b448-0c0ebaf7401f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).

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