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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to elections."
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description: "Amend KRS 30A.145 to require that each circuit clerk prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the State Board of Elections, to issue a comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records cleanup and maintenance on or before July 1 each year; establish information to be included in the report; require that the report be issued to the Legislative Research Commission and made available to the public on the Secretary of State's and State Board of Elections' official websites; require that persons only be contacted about their voter registrations by mail; provide that anomalies and discrepancies may be reported via a publicly available web link; amend KRS 116.113 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services provide a lifetime copy of the Kentucky death records to the State Board of Elections on or before February 1 each year; require the State Board of Elections remove from voter registration records the name of a person who has been excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; amend KRS 116.0452 to conform."
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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 44"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 44 (2024RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["County Clerks", "Courts", "Deaths", "Elections and Voting", "Reports Mandated", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Massaroni", "DJ Johnson", "E. Callaway", "J. Calloway", "J. Decker", "J. Hodgson", "J. Nemes", "K. Moser", "N. Tate", "S. Rawlings"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee20010d-cbcd-445d-af26-5984abe9142e"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb44.html"
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source_hash: "2d2edc946754d828f494a506449d2577e6b8f87023f89cb2129415835aecb629"
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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 44 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to elections.
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Amend KRS 30A.145 to require that each circuit clerk prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the State Board of Elections, to issue a comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records cleanup and maintenance on or before July 1 each year; establish information to be included in the report; require that the report be issued to the Legislative Research Commission and made available to the public on the Secretary of State's and State Board of Elections' official websites; require that persons only be contacted about their voter registrations by mail; provide that anomalies and discrepancies may be reported via a publicly available web link; amend KRS 116.113 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services provide a lifetime copy of the Kentucky death records to the State Board of Elections on or before February 1 each year; require the State Board of Elections remove from voter registration records the name of a person who has been excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; amend KRS 116.0452 to conform.
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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/hb44/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0177.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb44/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Veto Override HB 44 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- PASS HB 44 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- C. Massaroni — primary (person)
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- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
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- E. Callaway — primary (person)
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- J. Calloway — primary (person)
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- J. Decker — primary (person)
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- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
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- J. Nemes — primary (person)
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- K. Moser — primary (person)
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- N. Tate — primary (person)
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- S. Rawlings — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2024
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 75-17 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
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- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (1) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
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- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
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- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) withdrawn
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) defeated
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 28-8 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage`
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 75-18 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `passage`
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- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-20 `passage`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 24-8 `passage`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 177) `became-law`
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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/ee20010d-cbcd-445d-af26-5984abe9142e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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