KY SB126 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
Hearing: Feb 5 @ 11:00 am in Annex Room 131
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
Hearing: Feb 5 @ 11:00 am in Annex Room 131
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor's ability to grant pardons or commute sentences beginning 30 days prior to a gubernatorial election and ending at that gubernatorial inauguration; amend Section 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Title
AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 77 and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons and commute sentences.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2025-01-09 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2025-01-07 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2025-01-07 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Subjects
Constitution, Ky.
County Clerks
Crimes and Punishments
Elections and Voting
Governor
Local Mandate
Secretary of State
County Clerks
Crimes and Punishments
Elections and Voting
Governor
Local Mandate
Secretary of State
