KY HB 534
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to elections.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did KY HB 534 pass?
No. KY HB 534 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-06): to Committee on Committees (S)
What is KY HB 534 about?
Amend KRS 30A.145 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare an all-time list each month of persons convicted of a felony, including persons whose cases are on appeal, and provide the list to the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.040 to require a special election if more than the majority of the membership of a legislative body is vacated because of an election error due to no fault of any candidate or fraud; establish that members of the legislative body whose term expires shall remain in office until the contest and any appeals of the regular election are complete and final; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the State Board of Elections to compare the statewide voter registration system against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, or its successor program, each month to remove registered voters who are not citizens of the United States within 5 days; require the State Board of Elections to forward the name, date of birth, last known address, and voter registration record of any individual who is removed to the Attorney General; require the State Board of Elections to notify the county clerk of the county in which the voter lived of the removal; amend KRS 116.113 to specify that the Administrative Office of the Courts shall include persons convicted of a felony whose case is on appeal in the lists they send to the State Board of Elections for removal from the voter registration records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to define "cast vote record"; allow county clerks to use a ballot verifier software program to produce electronic images of cast ballots and cast vote records for public inspection, as long as the records do not contain voter-identifying information; allow counties to use the software program to perform additional audits; establish that the State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish uniform standards for formatting, publication, and redaction of images of ballots and cast vote records; amend KRS 117.125 to establish that no voting equipment or voting systems shall be purchased after the effective date of the Act that utilize non-human readable codes, including barcodes, QR codes, or other encrypted markings to represent or tabulate a voter's choices on the ballot; amend KRS 117.383 to require that the ballot scanner and race selected for a hand-to-eye recount by the Secretary of State shall have at least 10 votes cast; amend KRS Chapter 118.176 to establish that a person who successfully challenges the bona fides of a candidate may recover certain costs; create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 118A to establish that judicial candidates may disclose their political party, state current and past voter registration status, and communicate political values or viewpoints consistent with that party affiliation; establish that judicial candidates shall not claim to be the official nominee of a political party, use language or materials that imply nomination, designation, or endorsement by a political party, or use party symbols, slogans, or imagery in a manner that would lead someone to believe they are running in a partisan election; amend KRS 120.165 to require the county clerk and local board of elections to call a special election if a majority of the offices of a legislative body are deemed vacant; establish that a person bringing a successful election contest may recover certain costs; amend KRS 121.015 to define "executive committee of a political party"; amend KRS 121.150 to allow federal candidates to contribute to a party executive committee if the amount of the contribution is within contribution limits and if the contribution is not earmarked for any particular candidate or slate of candidates; specify that a qualified political party committee, including a state or county executive committee, may endorse, support, oppose, and make contributions or expenditures to nonpartisan candidates; EMERGENCY.
Who sponsors KY HB 534?
T. Roberts, J. Hodgson, DJ Johnson are the primary sponsors of KY HB 534.
Description
Amend KRS 30A.145 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare an all-time list each month of persons convicted of a felony, including persons whose cases are on appeal, and provide the list to the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.040 to require a special election if more than the majority of the membership of a legislative body is vacated because of an election error due to no fault of any candidate or fraud; establish that members of the legislative body whose term expires shall remain in office until the contest and any appeals of the regular election are complete and final; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the State Board of Elections to compare the statewide voter registration system against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, or its successor program, each month to remove registered voters who are not citizens of the United States within 5 days; require the State Board of Elections to forward the name, date of birth, last known address, and voter registration record of any individual who is removed to the Attorney General; require the State Board of Elections to notify the county clerk of the county in which the voter lived of the removal; amend KRS 116.113 to specify that the Administrative Office of the Courts shall include persons convicted of a felony whose case is on appeal in the lists they send to the State Board of Elections for removal from the voter registration records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to define "cast vote record"; allow county clerks to use a ballot verifier software program to produce electronic images of cast ballots and cast vote records for public inspection, as long as the records do not contain voter-identifying information; allow counties to use the software program to perform additional audits; establish that the State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish uniform standards for formatting, publication, and redaction of images of ballots and cast vote records; amend KRS 117.125 to establish that no voting equipment or voting systems shall be purchased after the effective date of the Act that utilize non-human readable codes, including barcodes, QR codes, or other encrypted markings to represent or tabulate a voter's choices on the ballot; amend KRS 117.383 to require that the ballot scanner and race selected for a hand-to-eye recount by the Secretary of State shall have at least 10 votes cast; amend KRS Chapter 118.176 to establish that a person who successfully challenges the bona fides of a candidate may recover certain costs; create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 118A to establish that judicial candidates may disclose their political party, state current and past voter registration status, and communicate political values or viewpoints consistent with that party affiliation; establish that judicial candidates shall not claim to be the official nominee of a political party, use language or materials that imply nomination, designation, or endorsement by a political party, or use party symbols, slogans, or imagery in a manner that would lead someone to believe they are running in a partisan election; amend KRS 120.165 to require the county clerk and local board of elections to call a special election if a majority of the offices of a legislative body are deemed vacant; establish that a person bringing a successful election contest may recover certain costs; amend KRS 121.015 to define "executive committee of a political party"; amend KRS 121.150 to allow federal candidates to contribute to a party executive committee if the amount of the contribution is within contribution limits and if the contribution is not earmarked for any particular candidate or slate of candidates; specify that a qualified political party committee, including a state or county executive committee, may endorse, support, oppose, and make contributions or expenditures to nonpartisan candidates; EMERGENCY.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-03-06 — to Committee on Committees (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- T. Robertsprimary
- J. Hodgsonprimary
- DJ Johnsonprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-06
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-06
received in Senate
2026-03-05
passed 53-40 with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage
2026-03-05
Floor Amendment (9) withdrawn
2026-03-05
3rd reading
reading-3
2026-03-05
floor amendment filed Floor Amendments (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13) to Committee Substitute (2)
amendment-introduction
2026-03-05
placed in the Orders of the Day
2026-03-05
taken from Rules
2026-03-05
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage
2026-03-04
recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2026-03-04
taken from the Orders of the Day
2026-03-02
floor amendment (8) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (7) filed to bill
amendment-introduction
2026-02-26
floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendments (4) and (6-title) filed to bill
amendment-introduction
2026-02-24
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 25 2026
2026-02-23
floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (3-title) filed to bill
amendment-introduction
2026-02-20
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-19
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-02-19
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-09
to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
introduced in House
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Suspend the Rules
2026-03-05 · fail · 18-22
Member-level votes (103)
- Aull: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Moore: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Brown: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Bivens: no
- Freeland: no
- King: no
- Roberts: no
- Thompson: no
- Decker: no
- Hale: no
- Lockett: no
- Rudy: no
- Tipton: no
- Dossett: no
- Hampton: no
- Osborne: no
- Sharp: no
- Upchurch: no
- Dotson: no
- Hart: no
- Rabourn: no
- Tate: no
- White: no
- Flannery: no
- Johnson: no
- Baker: not voting
- Dietz: not voting
- Hodgson: not voting
- McCool: not voting
- Raymer: not voting
- Banta: not voting
- Doan: not voting
- Holloway: not voting
- McPherson: not voting
- Riley: not voting
- Bauman: not voting
- Duvall: not voting
- Huff T: not voting
- Meade: not voting
- Smith: not voting
- Blanton: not voting
- Elliott: not voting
- Imes: not voting
- Meredith: not voting
- Stalker: not voting
- Bowling: not voting
- Fister: not voting
- Jackson: not voting
- Miles: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting
- Branscum: not voting
- Fleming: not voting
- Koch: not voting
- Moser: not voting
- Thomas: not voting
- Bratcher S.: not voting
- Fugate: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Neighbors: not voting
- Truett: not voting
- Bray: not voting
- Gooch: not voting
- Lewis C: not voting
- Nemes: not voting
- Wesley: not voting
- Bridges: not voting
- Gordon: not voting
- Lewis D: not voting
- Payne: not voting
- Whitaker: not voting
- Callaway: not voting
- Griffee: not voting
- Lewis S: not voting
- Petrie: not voting
- Williams: not voting
- Calloway: not voting
- Grossl: not voting
- Maddox: not voting
- Pollock: not voting
- Wilson: not voting
- Clines: not voting
- Heavrin: not voting
- Massaroni: not voting
- Proctor: not voting
- Witten: not voting
- Commonwealth of Kentucky: not voting
- House of Representatives: not voting
- 2026 Regular Session: not voting
Pass
2026-03-05 · pass · 53-40
Member-level votes (100)
- Banta: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meade: yes
- Riley: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Imes: yes
- Miles: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Fister: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Williams: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hart: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Rabourn: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Aull: no
- Donworth: no
- Jackson: no
- Moore: no
- Thompson: no
- Bojanowski: no
- Fugate: no
- Kulkarni: no
- Neighbors: no
- Truett: no
- Bowling: no
- Gentry: no
- Lawrence: no
- Payne: no
- Watkins: no
- Brown: no
- Gooch: no
- Lehman: no
- Petrie: no
- Wesley: no
- Burke: no
- Grossberg: no
- Lewis D: no
- Roarx: no
- Whitaker: no
- Camuel: no
- Grossl: no
- Lewis S: no
- Sharp: no
- White: no
- Chester-Burton: no
- Hale: no
- Marzian: no
- Stalker: no
- Willner: no
- Clines: no
- Hancock: no
- McCool: no
- Stevenson P: no
- Wilson: no
- Baker: not voting
- Elliott: not voting
- Gordon: not voting
- Smith: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting
- Blanton: not voting
- Flannery: not voting
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