Constitutional Amendments 2022

Ballot Responses will be YES or NO for each amendment.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1
"Are you in favor of amending the present Constitution of Kentucky to repeal sections 36, 42, and 55
and replace those sections with new sections of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General
Assembly to meet in regular session for thirty legislative days in odd-numbered years, for sixty
legislative days in even-numbered years, and for no more than twelve additional days during any
calendar year if convened by a Joint Proclamation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, with no session of the General Assembly to extend beyond December
31; and to provide that any act passed by the General Assembly shall become law on July 1 of the
year in which it was passed, or ninety days after passage and signature of the Governor, whichever
occurs later, or in cases of emergency when approved by the Governor or when it otherwise becomes
law under Section 88 of the Constitution?
Proposed New Section
(1) The General Assembly, in odd-numbered years, shall convene in regular session on the first
Tuesday following the first Monday in January for the purpose of electing legislative leaders, adopting
rules of procedure, organizing committees, and introducing and considering legislation.
(2) No regular session of the General Assembly occurring in odd-numbered years shall continue
beyond thirty legislative days.
(3) No bill raising revenue or appropriating funds shall be passed by the General Assembly in a
regular session in an odd-numbered year unless it shall be agreed upon by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each House.
(4) The General Assembly, in even-numbered years, shall convene in regular session on the first
Tuesday following the first Monday in January, and no regular session of the General Assembly in
even-numbered years shall extend beyond sixty legislative days.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the General Assembly shall establish by general
law or joint resolution the date the regular session shall end. No bill establishing a later date shall be
passed by the General Assembly unless it shall be agreed upon by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each House. No session of the General Assembly shall extend beyond December 31.
(6) In addition to a regular session, the General Assembly may be convened by Joint Proclamation of
the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for no more than
twelve legislative days annually, during which the General Assembly may recess from time to time as
it determines necessary. Should a vacancy occur in the office of the President of the Senate or the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Joint Proclamation for the House with the vacancy may
be issued by the Senate President Pro Tempore or the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of
Representatives.
(7) All sessions of the General Assembly shall be held at the seat of government, except in the case
of war, insurrection, or pestilence, when it may, by Joint Proclamation of the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, assemble, for the time being, elsewhere. Should a
vacancy occur in the office of the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Joint Proclamation for the House with the vacancy may be issued by the Senate
President Pro Tempore or the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.
(8) Limitations as to the length of any session of the General Assembly shall not apply to any
extraordinary session under Section 80 of this Constitution or in the Senate when sitting as a court of
impeachment.
(9) A legislative day shall be construed to mean a calendar day, exclusive of Sundays, legal holidays,
or any day on which neither House meets.
Proposed New Section
No act, except general appropriation bills, shall become a law until July 1 of the year in which it was
passed, or until ninety days after it becomes law under Section 88 of this Constitution, whichever
occurs later, except in cases of emergency, when, by the concurrence of a majority of the members
elected to each House of the General Assembly, by a yea and nay vote entered upon their journals,
an act may become a law when approved by the Governor or when it otherwise becomes a law under
Section 88; but the reasons for the emergency that justifies this action must be set out at length in the
journal of each House.".
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2
"Are you in favor of amending the Constitution of Kentucky by creating a new Section of the
Constitution to be numbered Section 26A to state as follows: To protect human life, nothing in this
Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of
abortion?".

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