AN ACT relating to elections.
Summary
Amend KRS 117.228 to remove Social Security cards and public benefits cards, which do not include a person's photograph, from the available list of additional documents that may be offered to establish identity when a person seeking to cast a ballot in an election cannot provide proof of identification as required in KRS 117.225.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Last action Feb 23, 2026
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The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from an introduced draft to a final version, indicated by changing the bill number from 'BR 1879' to 'SB 154/GA'. A specific eligibility criterion for voter identification was modified to include food stamp or electronic benefit transfer cards as acceptable forms of ID. The changes are primarily technical updates to the document header and a substantive addition to the list of acceptable identification documents for voters.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on election procedures, but the applicability of voter identification rules was expanded to include specific benefit cards.
ELIGIBILITY
The list of acceptable voter identification documents was expanded to explicitly include food stamp identification cards and electronic benefit transfer cards.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to change the bill reference from 'BR 1879' to 'SB 154/GA', reflecting the bill's final status and official number.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2026
How they voted
36–8
Passed
Total votes 44
Feb 20, 2026
D
Democratic6
100% Nay
R
Republican38
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 31-7
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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