# Kentucky HB 684: AN ACT relating to elections. Kentucky HB 684, AN ACT relating to elections., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jennifer Decker (Republican); status became law, last action 2025-03-28 (delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 125)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB684-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kentucky HB 684 - State: Kentucky - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT relating to elections. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-18 - Last action: 2025-03-28, delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 125) - Sponsor: Jennifer Decker (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: County Clerks, Crimes and Punishments, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Elections and Voting, Secretary of State, State Agencies, Counties, Boards and Commissions, Local Mandate - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (236 yes, 28 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 14 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - School support staff earn make-up credit: benefit, medium. Classified school employees get contract and retirement service credit for added work under state-approved emergency make-up calendars. These calendars add daily instruction to make up full missed days. Qualifying contracts require at least six-hour workdays, and employees' duties and workdays must… - Teachers keep service credit after emergencies: benefit, medium. Certified public school employees receive credit for their 185-day contract and retirement service when emergency closures meet calendar requirements. State and local requirements for attendance, professional days, holidays, and planning days must be met. Districts must also follow approved plans t… - More early voting access for caregivers: benefit, low. Caregivers providing medical or healthcare help to voters who qualify under the state's excused-voting rule can apply for earlier voting. They can cast an excused in-person absentee ballot during the six business days immediately before no-excuse early voting starts. - More ways to receive absentee ballots: benefit, low. County clerks can give qualified voters their mail-in absentee ballots in person instead of mailing them home. Only the voter can receive the ballot this way. If a requested ballot does not arrive within a reasonable time, the voter can contact the clerk for another. The clerk must issue another ba… - Candidate records replace home addresses: benefit, low. Candidate registers, public postings, and information certified to county clerks use email or post office box addresses instead of home addresses. They include the office sought and district number when applicable. County clerks and the Secretary of State must transmit or display register informati… - Counties gain flexibility for combined polling: benefit, low. County election boards can ask to amend approved plans that combine precinct voting when they consider changes necessary. Requests are due at least 120 days before primary or regular elections, or 56 days before special elections. County party committees can name fewer than four officer nominees wh… - Every county gets hand-count election checks: benefit, low. The Secretary of State or a designee randomly selects one scanner and one race on it in every county. At least two qualified poll workers from different parties check hand counts against machine results and voter sign-in records. Workers repeat hand counts until their tallies match. Machine-count d… - Voters can support multiple candidate petitions: benefit, low. A voter's signature counts on every candidate nomination petition that voter signs. Signing multiple candidates' petitions no longer prevents that voter from counting as a petitioner on each. - Broader felony penalties for unauthorized voting: cost, medium. People convicted of felonies whose voting rights have not been restored commit a Class D felony by knowingly voting or attempting to vote. The offense now applies even when the person was not lawfully registered to vote. - Credit cards no longer prove voter identity: cost, low. Voters using the identity affirmation process can no longer use a credit or debit card bearing their name. Remaining listed documents include a Social Security card, qualifying county identification, photo identification, or a state food stamp, EBT, or SNAP card. Voters must lack the normally requi… - Candidates face added filing requirements: cost, low. Primary candidates must provide their birth date in month/day/year format on their filing papers. At least two registered voters signing those papers must share the candidate's party when signing. Signers must also come from the district or area where the candidate seeks nomination. Candidates for… - New write-in deadlines and list limits: cost, low. Regular-election write-in candidates must file by the law's referenced candidate-certification deadlines, replacing the fourth Friday in October deadline. Separate special-election filing deadlines do not change. Certified write-in candidate lists cannot be posted anywhere. Voters can ask to review… - Voters swear to permanent assistance needs: mixed, low. Voters seeking permanent voting-assistance certification must swear that a permanent physical disability makes ongoing help necessary. The statement is made under penalty of perjury. The county election board no longer decides whether the voter needs permanent assistance. - Election videos kept with request deadlines: mixed, low. Cameras at ballot drop boxes outside county clerk offices must retain 60 consecutive days of continuous video. Hand-count audits must be recorded and can be streamed publicly online. Requests for drop-box, post-election equipment, ballot-box, and audit videos must be made within 60 consecutive days… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jennifer Decker (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-27 | House | passed | pass | 84 | 15 | | | 2025-03-27 | Senate | passed | pass | 30 | 6 | | | 2025-03-14 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 85 | 7 | | ## Actions (36) - 2025-03-28: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 125) - 2025-03-28: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (House) - 2025-03-28: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-03-28: received in House (House) - 2025-03-27: passed 30-6 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: veto overridden (Senate) - 2025-03-27: posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto - 2025-03-27: to Rules (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-27: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-27: passed 84-15 (House) - 2025-03-27: veto overridden (House) - 2025-03-27: posted for consideration of Governor's veto - 2025-03-27: taken from Rules (House) - 2025-03-27: to Rules (H) (House) - 2025-03-27: received in House (House) - 2025-03-25: Vetoed - 2025-03-14: delivered to Governor - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (House) - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-03-14: received in House (House) - 2025-03-14: 3rd reading, passed 37-0 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: 2nd reading, to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-12: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-11: to State & Local Government (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-07: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-06: 3rd reading, passed 85-7 with Committee Substitute and Floor Amendment (1) (House) - 2025-03-06: floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute (House) - 2025-03-04: floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute (House) - 2025-02-28: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-28: 2nd reading, to Rules (House) - 2025-02-27: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) (House) - 2025-02-26: to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) (House) - 2025-02-18: to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-02-18: introduced in House (House) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-03-27: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb684/bill.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-17: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb684/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. (became law) - HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. (signed) - HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development. (signed) - HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. (signed) - HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. (signed) - HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. (signed) ## Sources - [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb684/bill.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb684/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related - [HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB501-2025RS) - [HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB664-2025RS) - [HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB606-2025RS) - [HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB421-2025RS) - [HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB555-2025RS) - [HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB493-2025RS) - [Kentucky bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky/bills) - [Kentucky state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB684-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).