Kentucky House Bill 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-26 - returned to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 120 to provide for an automatic recount in elections of constitutional officers, members of Congress, and members of the General Assembly when the vote margin is 0.5% or less; amend KRS 118.775 relating to membership in the General Assembly to conform; amend KRS 120.185 to provide for a recount in elections of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, members of Congress, and members of the General Assembly when an automatic recount does not apply; amend KRS 120.195, 120.205, and 120.215 to establish procedures for any election contest involving the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and members of the General Assembly, including a mechanism to ensure the integrity of the election records and a chain of custody of election records if transported; provide who shall conduct a recount as part of an election contest and the procedures to be followed; provide the time frame for a newly ordered election; amend KRS 117.295, 118.740, 120.017, and 120.155 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. David Osborne [R]

Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]

2020-03-19 - House - House: For Consent RCS# 287 (Y: 82 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 16) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-26	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2020-03-26	Senate	2nd reading
2020-03-26	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	1st reading
2020-03-19	Senate	taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	received in Senate
2020-03-19	House	3rd reading, passed 82-2
2020-03-18	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
2020-03-17	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-12	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2020-03-05	House	posted in committee
2020-03-04	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2020-03-02	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb4.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb4/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb4/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb4/LM.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb4/vote_history.pdf