Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Kentucky General Election in Kentucky.
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Get StartedPropose to amend Sections 36 and 42 of the Kentucky Constitution to eliminate the existing dates by which the General Assembly must adjourn in any regular session; provide that the General Assembly may extend the length of its legislative sessions by 10 days upon the vote of 3/5 of the membership of each House, with no session to extend beyond December 31.
A "yes" vote supports amending the Kentucky Constitution by removing legislative session end dates, allowing the state legislature to set the legislative session end dates by a three-fifths vote, and allowing the the House speaker and the Senate president to call a special legislative session up to 12 days.
A "no" vote opposes the amendment resulting in no changes to the end dates and keeps the current legislative session times as is.
"[The measure would give the legislature a chance] to become a more co-equal branch of government." - Republican Sen. David Givens, in support of Amendment 1 (Learn more)
"The proposed constitutional amendment would make the legislature more effective and responsive. The proposal would not change a governor's ability to call special sessions." - Republican House Speaker David Osborne, in support of Amendment 1 (Learn more)
"If we're going to be here, then let's be as effective as we can possibly be." - Republican House Speaker David Osborne, in support of Amendment 1 (Learn more)
"While this column has previously expressed plenty of concern over allowing legislators more days to meet, it's unavoidable considering the current executive's antics not to see this proposed amendment as a feasible way of addressing Beshear's heavy-handed approach to locking down the state and interfering with parents' and local school districts' decision-making regarding how best to respond to COVID-19 and its mutations." - Jim Waters, Columnist at Richmond Register, in support of Amendment 1 (Learn more)
Are you in favor of amending the present Constitution of Kentucky to repeal sections 36, 42, and 55 and replace those sections with new sections of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly to meet in regular session for thirty legislative days in odd-numbered years, for sixty legislative days in even-numbered years, and for no more than twelve additional days during any calendar year if convened by a Joint Proclamation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with no session of the General Assembly to extend beyond December 31; and to provide that any act passed by the General Assembly shall become law on July 1 of the year in which it was passed, or ninety days after passage and signature of the Governor, whichever occurs later, or in cases of emergency when approved by the Governor or when it otherwise becomes law under Section 88 of the Constitution? Proposed New Section (1) The General Assembly, in odd-numbered years, shall convene in regular session on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in January for the purpose of electing legislative leaders, adopting rules of procedure, organizing committees, and introducing and considering legislation. (2) No regular session of the General Assembly occurring in odd-numbered years shall continue beyond thirty legislative days. (3) No bill raising revenue or appropriating funds shall be passed by the General Assembly in a regular session in an odd numbered year unless it shall be agreed upon by three-fifths of all the members elected to each House. (4) The General Assembly, in even-numbered years, shall convene in regular session on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in January, and no regular session of the General Assembly in even-numbered years shall extend beyond sixty legislative days. (5) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the General Assembly shall establish by general law or joint resolution the date the regular session shall end. No bill establishing a later date shall be passed by the General Assembly unless it shall be agreed upon by three-fifths of all the members elected to each House. No session of the General Assembly shall extend beyond December 31. (6) In addition to a regular session, the General Assembly may be convened by Joint Proclamation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for no more than twelve legislative days annually, during which the General Assembly may recess from time to time as it determines necessary. Should a vacancy occur in the office of the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Joint Proclamation for the House with the vacancy may be issued by the Senate President Pro Tempore or the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives. (7) All sessions of the General Assembly shall be held at the seat of government, except in the case of war, insurrection, or pestilence, when it may, by Joint Proclamation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, assemble, for the time being, elsewhere. Should a vacancy occur in the office of the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Joint Proclamation for the House with the vacancy may be issued by the Senate President Pro Tempore or the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives. (8) Limitations as to the length of any session of the General Assembly shall not apply to any extraordinary session under Section 80 of this Constitution or in the Senate when sitting as a court of impeachment. (9) A legislative day shall be construed to mean a calendar day, exclusive of Sundays, legal holidays, or any day on which neither House meets. Proposed New Section No act, except general appropriation bills, shall become a law until July 1 of the year in which it was passed, or until ninety days after it becomes law under Section 88 of this Constitution, whichever occurs later, except in cases of emergency, when, by the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly, by a yea and nay vote entered upon their journals, an act may become a law when approved by the Governor or when it otherwise becomes a law under Section 88; but the reasons for the emergency that justifies this action must be set out at length in the journal of each House.
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