Kentucky House Bill 538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
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]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to authorize the Legislative Research Commission to request that the Attorney General provide an opinion on the constitutionality of an executive order issued by the President of the United States; authorize the Attorney General or Legislative Research Commission to seek to have the executive order declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction; prohibit any state agency, political subdivision, or any elected or appointed official from implementing an executive order by the President of the United States that restricts a person's rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution or Constitution of Kentucky; amend KRS 15.025 to conform.

AN ACT relating to executive orders issued by the President of the United States.

Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Shane Baker [R]	Rep. Danny Bentley [R]
Rep. Chris Fugate [R]	Rep. Brandon Reed [R]	Rep. Scott Sharp [R]	Rep. Walker Thomas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-22	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-02-22	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb538.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb538/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/hb538/LM.pdf