AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Apr 2017
Introduced Feb 13, 2017
Signed Apr 11, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Apr 11, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190)
legislature
Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed 83-6
legislature
Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
legislature
Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
legislature
Mar 30, 2017
Committee
To Rules (H)
legislature
Mar 29, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
legislature
Mar 7, 2017
Committee
To State & Local Government (S)
legislature
Feb 17, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted in committee
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Committee
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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