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KY HB 855

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to persons entitled to vote.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Amend KRS 116.025 to permit voters 16 and 17 years of age to vote in local school board elections upon local approval by a school board; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require county clerks to administer the registration and voting of persons 16 and 17 years of age; allow voters who are 16 and 17 years of age to receive ballots limited to school board contests; require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the procedure for persons 16 and 17 years of age to register and vote for school board elections.

Introduced
2026-03-03
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-10 — to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • S. Stalkerprimary
  • B. Chester-Burtonprimary
  • G. Brown Jr.primary
  • A. Donworthprimary
  • R. Roarxprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-03

    introduced in House

    introduction

  2. 2026-03-03

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-10

    to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb855.html

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:24.357326Z

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