Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation SB273
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to the emergency powers of the Governor.
Subject: Disasters: Elections and Voting: Governor: Secretary of State
Description: Amend KRS 39A.100 to remove certain emergency powers of the Governor including seizing, taking, or condemning property or making compensation for the seized property; remove provision allowing the Governor to declare curfews and prohibit the sale or consumption of goods; remove the provision allowing the Governor, upon recommendation of the Secretary of State to set a different time or place for holding elections in an area for which a state of emergency has been declared; amend KRS 117.015 to remove the requirement that the State Board of Elections promulgate administrative regulations establishing procedures for suspended or delayed elections; amend KRS 117.345 to remove the inclusion of delayed or postponed elections from the statement by the county treasurer to the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 118.027 to remove the emergency power of the Governor and Secretary of State to set the time and place for holding elections.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: to State & Local Government (S)
Last Action Date: February 23, 2023
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Adrienne Southworth (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2023 | to State & Local Government (S) |
| Senate | Feb 21, 2023 | introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Feb 21, 2023 | to Committee on Committees (S) |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
