AN ACT relating to persons entitled to vote.
Summary
Amend KRS 116.025 to permit voters 16 and 17 years of age to vote in local school board elections upon local approval by a school board; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require county clerks to administer the registration and voting of persons 16 and 17 years of age; allow voters who are 16 and 17 years of age to receive ballots limited to school board contests; require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the procedure for persons 16 and 17 years of age to register and vote for school board elections.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2026
Last action Mar 10, 2026
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3
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Committee
2
Mar 10, 2026
Committee
to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 3, 2026
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introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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