Kentucky House Joint Resolution 116 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-26 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Declare that the power to determine the sufficiency of ballot language for amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky rests with the General Assembly; declare the role of the Kentucky Supreme Court is to review the ballot language to determine whether it accurately and fairly informs the voter of the substance of the amendment; declare that the Supreme Court's opinion in Westerfield v. Ward is limited to that particular case and shall not be followed by the executive or legislative branches of the government of Kentucky.

A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring that the General Assembly has the sole authority under Section 256 of the Constitution of Kentucky to determine the sufficiency of ballot language for amendments to the Constitution.

Rep. Joseph Fischer [R]

2020-03-19 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 268 (Y: 57 N: 26 NV: 0 Abs: 17) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-26	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	received in Senate
2020-03-19	House	3rd reading, passed 57-26
2020-03-18	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
2020-03-17	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-12	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2020-03-03	House	posted in committee
2020-03-02	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2020-02-27	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr116.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hjr116/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hjr116/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr116/vote_history.pdf