Committee backs administrative updates to vital records and voter roll coordination

Senator Craig Richardson presented Senate Bill 147 as a straightforward administrative update to Kentucky's vital records system, covering birth, death and marriage records and procedures for requesting certified copies. He said the bill clarifies that procedures for requesting certified copies will be governed by administrative regulation to allow more flexible and timely processing.

Richardson also explained fee updates: fees for certified copies will go into a restricted fund to support the cabinet's operations and technology. The bill requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide an annual Kentucky death report to the state board of elections by July 1 to assist in maintaining accurate voter rolls.

Committee members offered no objections; the motion passed unanimously with a recorded vote reported as 9‑0. The sponsor characterized the bill as improving interagency coordination and election integrity by keeping rolls clean.