Kentucky House Bill 139
Session 2026RS
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Active
Passed Senate on Mar 31, 2026
First Action
Jan 7, 2026
Latest Action
Mar 31, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
139
State
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Motion Text
Final Passage
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Summary
Amend KRS 116.112 to allow the State Board of Elections to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other governmental agencies to exchange data to assist in investigating violations of election offenses; amend KRS 117.125 to require voting systems and equipment meet or exceed a standard approved by the Election Assistance Commission; amend KRS 117.145 to require that county clerks provide voting equipment with the necessary supplies for write-in votes on the day before any in-person voting occurs; amend KRS 117.265 to change the date a person running for President or Vice President must file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate to the same deadline as the certification of candidates; amend KRS 117.355 to require county boards of elections to deliver signature rosters and precinct results to the State Board of Elections within 10 days after any primary or general election; amend KRS 117.379 to require voting systems meet a previously established Election Assistance Commission standard; amend KRS 117.389 to require county clerks to test automatic tabulating equipment after any petitions for local option elections have been filed; amend KRS 118.015 to change the definition of "political party"; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the notification and declaration be in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118.129 to allow a contraction as an acceptable form of a candidate's name; amend KRS 118.165 to require that candidates for Commonwealth's Attorney file nomination papers with the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118.315 to require that the form of petition be prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118.367 to specify that candidates for a special election or election for an unexpired term shall not be required to file a statement-of-candidacy form; require that the statement-of-candidacy form be prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 118A.060 to require that the petition for nomination be in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 119.015 to remove the term "falsely"; amend KRS 119.165, relating to the penalty of a Class B misdemeanor regarding voters who vote at a regular or special election before being a citizen; make technical corrections; amend KRS 132.017 to require that questions as to whether the property tax rate shall be levied shall be submitted to voters in a common school election not less than 50 days nor more than 60 days from the date the signatures are validated; require the school district holding the election to post bond with the Circuit Court to cover the costs of the election within 5 days after the petition is found to be sufficient; amend KRS 160.210 to prohibit changes in the boundary of any division after June 1 in the year in which a school board member is to be elected; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 118.551, relating to the definition of political party; EMERGENCY.
Proposed House Committee Substitute 1
Proposed House Floor Amendment 1
Proposed Senate Committee Substitute 1
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03/31/2026
House
delivered to Governor
03/31/2026
Senate
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
03/31/2026
House
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
03/31/2026
House
passed 76-17
03/31/2026
House
House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
03/31/2026
House
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
03/27/2026
House
to Rules (H)
03/27/2026
House
received in House
03/26/2026
House
3rd reading, passed 31-6 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/25/2026
House
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
03/25/2026
House
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
03/24/2026
Senate
returned to State & Local Government (S)
03/24/2026
House
1st reading
03/24/2026
Senate
taken from State & Local Government (S)
03/16/2026
Senate
to State & Local Government (S)
02/20/2026
Senate
to Committee on Committees (S)
02/20/2026
Senate
received in Senate
02/19/2026
House
3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
02/18/2026
House
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
02/09/2026
House
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10 2026
01/30/2026
House
2nd reading, to Rules
01/29/2026
House
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
01/14/2026
House
to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
01/07/2026
House
to Committee on Committees (H)
01/07/2026
House
introduced in House
Sources
KY Legislature
Record Created
Jan 8, 2026 2:33:20 AM
Record Updated
Apr 1, 2026 7:05:30 AM