Kentucky Senate Bill 31 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Propose to amend various sections of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the Office of the Lieutenant Governor beginning with the gubernatorial election in November 2023; to establish the President of the Senate as first in line for gubernatorial succession, or the Senate Minority Floor Leader if the Governor is of the same political party as that of the minority political party in the Senate; establish the Speaker of the House as the second in line for gubernatorial succession, or the House of Representatives' Minority Floor Leader if the Governor is of the same political party as that of the minority political party in the House of Representatives; eliminate the Attorney General's and the Auditor of Public Accounts' constitutional duties regarding gubernatorial line of succession; repeal Section 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to succession of Lieutenant Governor; provide ballot language; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.

AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 70, 72, 73, 74, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, and 95 and repeal Section 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abolishing the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2020-01-07	Senate	introduced in Senate
2019-12-09	Senate	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb31.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb31/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/sb31/LM.pdf