KY HB536 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-22 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-22 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118A establishing that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be nominated in a partisan primary; establish the manner in which the nomination shall be made; establish that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of the Appeals shall be elected in a regular election on a nonpartisan ballot; amend KRS 118A.060, 118A.100, 118A.150, 118A.190, and various other statutes to conform.
Title
AN ACT relating to the election of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals of the Court of Justice.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-22 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2021-02-22 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb536.html |
| Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb536/orig_bill.pdf |
