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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency."
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description: "Establish that a candidate who has filed nomination papers on or before January 5, 2024, and whose precinct name or number has changed since November 8, 2023, due to reapportionment and precinct establishment shall not be disqualified based solely on precinct name or number designation; RETROACTIVE to November 8, 2023; EMERGENCY."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2024RS"
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identifier: "HB 161"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 161 (2024RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Elections and Voting", "Retroactive Legislation", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "C. Stevenson", "D. Graham", "D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "G. Brown Jr.", "J. Branscum", "J. Nemes", "M. Meredith", "R. Roberts", "S. Rudy"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c18a45d-645c-42f9-a394-e1965f75f277"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb161.html"
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source_hash: "177d4f34ae292db71f06f8d484fa65e727ff8cfa923ac0704627fc7494cbc166"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 161 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
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Establish that a candidate who has filed nomination papers on or before January 5, 2024, and whose precinct name or number has changed since November 8, 2023, due to reapportionment and precinct establishment shall not be disqualified based solely on precinct name or number designation; RETROACTIVE to November 8, 2023; EMERGENCY.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb161/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0001.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb161/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- PASS HB 161 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
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- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
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- D. Graham — primary (person)
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- D. Meade — primary (person)
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- D. Osborne — primary (person)
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- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
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- J. Branscum — primary (person)
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- J. Nemes — primary (person)
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- M. Meredith — primary (person)
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- R. Roberts — primary (person)
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- S. Rudy — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to State Government (H)
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- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
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- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
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- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
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- **2024-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 11, 2024
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- **2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c18a45d-645c-42f9-a394-e1965f75f277`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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