Kentucky House Bill 141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-26 - posted in committee
Pending: House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to set forth the agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote; create Article I to allow any state and the District of Columbia to be a member of the agreement; create Article II to provide that member states shall conduct a statewide popular vote for the election of President and Vice President; create Article III to specify the manner of appointing presidential electors in member states; create Article IV to provide that the compact shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes enact the agreement and allow a state to withdraw from the agreement; create Article V to set forth definitions of the compact.

AN ACT relating to presidential elections.

Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]

Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]

Rep. Jody Richards [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-26		posted in committee
2012-01-03		to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2012-01-03		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB141.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB141/bill.doc