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Bill AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 119 relating to no-excuse in-person absentee voting, establishing excused in-person absentee voting, prohibiting the early disclosure of unofficial ballot count totals, requiring a tamper resistant seal to be placed on voting equipment, recording the public counter on voting machines before and after the days of in-person absentee voting, changing the time from which the State Board of Elections is required to furnish the county clerk with the appropriate voter registration list prior to an election from five to six days, permitting a disabled voter and military and overseas voters the ability to use the same electronic transmission system for requesting mail-in absentee ballots, removing the requirement that a voter return a mail-in absentee ballot seven days prior to an election, central ballot counting board requirements, ballot box requirements, location designation for the counting and reviewing of mail-in absentee ballots, prohibitions relating to voting equipment and systems from being connected to the internet, requirements relating to securing and locking voting equipment and voting systems, submission of precinct-by-precinct summary reports, requirements relating to the in-person absentee ballot signature roster, requiring a secure online connection for the transmittal of unofficial election results, requirements relating to external devices used to upload election results, requirements related to election officers duties of election administration, requiring the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations, changing the filing deadline for unexpired terms of partisan races, and creating a Class D Felony for any person who directly connects or attempts to directly connect a voting machine, voting equipment, or voting system to a public network, including the Internet; EMERGENCY. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2022RS HB 564 Kentucky HB 564 (2022RS)
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J. Branscum
J. Decker
J. Tipton
N. Tate
R. Roberts
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Kentucky HB 564 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 119 relating to no-excuse in-person absentee voting, establishing excused in-person absentee voting, prohibiting the early disclosure of unofficial ballot count totals, requiring a tamper resistant seal to be placed on voting equipment, recording the public counter on voting machines before and after the days of in-person absentee voting, changing the time from which the State Board of Elections is required to furnish the county clerk with the appropriate voter registration list prior to an election from five to six days, permitting a disabled voter and military and overseas voters the ability to use the same electronic transmission system for requesting mail-in absentee ballots, removing the requirement that a voter return a mail-in absentee ballot seven days prior to an election, central ballot counting board requirements, ballot box requirements, location designation for the counting and reviewing of mail-in absentee ballots, prohibitions relating to voting equipment and systems from being connected to the internet, requirements relating to securing and locking voting equipment and voting systems, submission of precinct-by-precinct summary reports, requirements relating to the in-person absentee ballot signature roster, requiring a secure online connection for the transmittal of unofficial election results, requirements relating to external devices used to upload election results, requirements related to election officers duties of election administration, requiring the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations, changing the filing deadline for unexpired terms of partisan races, and creating a Class D Felony for any person who directly connects or attempts to directly connect a voting machine, voting equipment, or voting system to a public network, including the Internet; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 87 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 564 w/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower
  • Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • B. Wheatley — primary (person)
  • J. Branscum — primary (person)
  • J. Decker — primary (person)
  • J. Tipton — primary (person)
  • N. Tate — primary (person)
  • R. Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 08, 2022
  • 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-2 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
  • 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) ruled out of order
  • 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-2 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
  • 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed 91-4 passage
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7af056e2-076b-4253-a198-a1f884500eea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).