AN ACT relating to elections.
Summary
Amend KRS 67.060 to require the office of county commissioner to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.040 to require the office of mayor and legislative body members to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.045 to require all city offices to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.100 to require the city ward to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.200 to require the offices of boards of education to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.210 to require school board candidates to have emblems of political party affiliation presented on the ballot; amend KRS 262.210 to require the offices of soil and water conservation officers to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend various KRS sections to conform; and repeal KRS 83A.047, 83A.050, 83A.170, 83A.175, 160.250, and 160.260.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2023
Last action Jan 5, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 5, 2023
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Jan 3, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 3, 2023
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Damon Thayer
RRepublican
P
Gary Boswell
RRepublican
P
Phillip Wheeler
RRepublican
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