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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote."
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description: "Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection."
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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: "SB 143"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 143 (2024RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Constitution", "Ky.", "County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Local Mandate", "Secretary of State"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm", "D. Douglas", "D. Yates", "G. Boswell", "G. Elkins", "J. Howell", "M. Deneen", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "P. Wheeler", "R. Mills", "S. Meredith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1c4b6b-1d04-4483-b066-ae478e3aa33c"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb143.html"
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source_hash: "35beab6e71fb5c92e9c7758e921bc6c777c158634a731447f1a27533ca1419e4"
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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 SB 143 (2024RS) — AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
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Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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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/sb143/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0007.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb143/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASS SB 143 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- B. Storm — primary (person)
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- D. Douglas — primary (person)
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- D. Yates — primary (person)
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- G. Boswell — primary (person)
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- G. Elkins — primary (person)
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- J. Howell — primary (person)
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- M. Deneen — primary (person)
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- M. Wilson — primary (person)
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- M. Wise — primary (person)
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- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
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- R. Mills — primary (person)
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- S. Meredith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2024
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- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-4 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
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- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
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- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
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- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 72-12 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 7) `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/fe1c4b6b-1d04-4483-b066-ae478e3aa33c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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