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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2020
Last action Mar 26, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 19, 2020
How they voted
43–16
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 72
Mar 19, 2020
D
Democratic25
64% Nay
R
Republican47
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 26, 2020
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Mar 19, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (43-16-13)
house
Mar 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
posted in committee
lower
Mar 2, 2020
Committee
to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
lower
Feb 27, 2020
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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