Kentucky House Bill 78 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-05 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #5) [PDF]

Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four consecutive terms of office and Representatives from serving more than eight consecutive terms of office, whether complete or partial terms, and prevent a legislator from serving more than sixteen consecutive years in the General Assembly, regardless of the House in which he or she served, beginning in 2018; allow legislators to resume service after two years have elapsed since leaving office; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.

Rep. Kenny Imes [R]

Rep. Jerry Miller [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-05	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2016-01-05	House	introduced in House
2015-11-04	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB78.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB78/bill.doc
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB78/bill.pdf