Amend KRS 13B.020 to remove the Registry of Election Finance from the list of agencies that are exempt from conducting administrative hearings pursuant to that chapter; amend KRS 121.015 to include in the definition of "campaign committee" that persons receiving contributions and making expenditures in support of a candidate or slate of candidates must be authorized to do so; define "independent expenditure-only committee"; include independent expenditure-only committee in the definitions of "permanent committee" and "contributing organization"; define "reasonable cause"; amend KRS 121.140 to increase the maximum penalty per day for violations; require that the Registry shall conduct administrative hearings pursuant to KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 121.150 to prohibit independent expenditure-only committees from certain solicitations and contributions regarding religious, charitable, civic, eleemosynary, or other causes or organizations established primarily for the public good; allow campaign funds to be used for the repayment of debt in a previous campaign for the same office; make technical corrections; amend KRS 121.160 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 121.170 to allow a committee campaign treasurer to be a registered voter from any state if the chairperson of the committee is a registered voter in Kentucky; replace the term "federally registered out of state permanent committee" with "federally registered political committee"; make changes to conform to 52 U.S.C. sec 30101(4)(a) and 52 U.S.C. sec. 30118; amend KRS 121.175 to allow members of the General Assembly to use campaign funds for certain legal fees; amend KRS 121.180 to increase the threshold requirement from $3,000 to $5,000 for campaign finance reporting requirements; change the amount of campaign funds per event or affair a candidate or slate of candidates can use to purchase admission ticket for, or contribute to another candidate or slate of candidates; establish deadlines by which candidates and slates of candidates shall file the required spending intent form; establish penalty for persons who fail to file the required form; replace the term "unauthorized campaign committee" with "independent expenditure-only committee"; make conforming changes; amend KRS 121.190 to establish additional guidelines for disclaimers in campaign communications; amend KRS 121.230 to establish permissible expenditures for the administrative costs of maintaining a political party headquarters; amend KRS 121.990 to establish penalty for persons who fail to comply with requests from the registry for records for audits; create a Class D felony for persons who knowingly fail to file required forms or knowingly include false information; amend KRS 121.210 to conform; EMERGENCY.