As of Feb. 19, Ballotpedia has tracked four election-related bills in the Kentucky House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the four, Ballotpedia tracked one from Feb. 13-19. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is:
- KY HB302: AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency, Reps. Joshua Branscum (R), Jennifer Decker (R), and James Tipton (R).
During the week of Feb. 13-19, Ballotpedia tracked 78 House election-related bills nationally. As of Feb. 19, Ballotpedia has tracked 792 House bills this year. Ballotpedia tracked the most House bills this year in the New York State Assembly with 118, while Ballotpedia tracked the fewest House bills in Alabama, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania with zero. Republicans sponsored 355 of these bills, while Democrats sponsored 330. Third party sponsorship and bills with no sponsors accounted for 53 bills, while bipartisan legislators sponsored 54.
As of Feb. 19, Ballotpedia has tracked 449 House bills in Democratic trifectas and 266 House bills in Republican trifectas. A trifecta is when one political party holds the governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. Ballotpedia has tracked 77 House bills in states where neither party holds trifecta control.
The Kentucky House is scheduled to be in session from Jan. 3 to March 30 this year. In 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 20 House bills related to election administration. Four of these bills passed both chambers and all four were enacted into law. Kentucky is a divided government, meaning neither party holds trifecta control.
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