Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 65.013 to define terms; expand the prohibition on using tax dollars to advocate for or against a public question on the ballot to prohibit using any resources, and to explicitly apply prohibition to school districts, regional educational cooperatives, and recalls on a ballot; establish a criminal penalty and a prohibition against holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years for a person found guilty of violating the prohibition; create a cause of action for a citizen aggrieved by a violation of the prohibition; establish a statute of limitations to commence suit and the appropriate venue; provide when the suit accrues; specify damages recoverable per violation; allow for class action; include a prohibition against holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years for a person held civilly liable; amend KRS 48.025 and 132.017 to conform.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except remove original criminal penalties and establish new fines and classify a third or subsequent violation as a Class A misdemeanor; exclude volunteers as resources; remove provisions creating a private cause of action and the related waiver of immunity; remove provisions related to recall petitions; include provision exempting educational television; include exemption for advocating on public employees' own time and with their own resources.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; provide an exception from the advocacy restrictions for associations advocating on behalf of its members.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- M. Lehman

Summary Remove the "or impartial" from all sections.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- T. Roberts

Summary Remove sections 1, 2, and 3 and replace with substantially similar language in all sections; remove "school district" definition from KRS 65.013 section and insert in KRS 48.025; remove "in partial or impartial terms, for or against" from all sections.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 65.013, 48.025, 132.017
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 65.013, 48.025, 132.017
House Committee Substitute 1: 65.013, 48.025, 132.017
Current: 65.013, 48.025, 132.017