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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor."
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description: "Amend KRS 15.243 to require that the Attorney General or his or her designee randomly select at least one ballot scanner and one race tabulated on that scanner for a hand-to-eye recount, which fulfills the requirement for a risk-limiting audit; require that the hand-to-eye recount be performed by each county clerk or his or her designee; establish the process for the hand-to-eye recount; amend KRS 117.383 and 117.295 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 53"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 53 (2024RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General", "County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Local Mandate"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "C. Massaroni", "D. Elliott", "DJ Johnson", "E. Callaway", "J. Calloway", "J. Decker", "J. Hodgson", "J. Nemes", "N. Tate", "S. Bratcher", "S. Rawlings"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aee3e50-88f9-4463-8b16-cb40d866d1ba"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb53.html"
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source_hash: "32cecc7f533024b06df853cba2e2c7c4bf84ffb3bc3e98d152632946afb8f3c5"
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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 53 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.
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Amend KRS 15.243 to require that the Attorney General or his or her designee randomly select at least one ballot scanner and one race tabulated on that scanner for a hand-to-eye recount, which fulfills the requirement for a risk-limiting audit; require that the hand-to-eye recount be performed by each county clerk or his or her designee; establish the process for the hand-to-eye recount; amend KRS 117.383 and 117.295 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/hb53/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0156.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb53/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASS HB 53 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- A. Bowling — primary (person)
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- C. Massaroni — primary (person)
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- D. Elliott — 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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- N. Tate — primary (person)
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- S. Bratcher — 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) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2024
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- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-8 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
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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) and (2) withdrawn
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** floor Amendment (3) defeated
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- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 34-1 `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** 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** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
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- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 156) `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/6aee3e50-88f9-4463-8b16-cb40d866d1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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