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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky legislature proposes constitutional amendment to alter regular session end dates and authorize up to 12 days of extra annual sessions
Last action · March 16, 2026: taken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) 2nd reading returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)Sponsors: David Osborne and 6 others
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly.
Changes how long lawmakers can stay in session each year and gives leadership the power to call extra meetings, directly affecting the timeline for state policymaking and voter participation on constitutional questions.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Kentucky voters
General Assembly members
Lawmakers gain the authority to set their own regular session end dates and convene up to twelve additional days of legislative sessions annually.
Key Facts
- The General Assembly would be authorized to establish by law the date a regular session shall end, overriding strict dates in Section 42 of the state constitution unless three-fifths of all members in each house agree to another date.
- The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives may jointly proclaim up to two additional sessions totaling no more than twelve legislative days annually.
- The constitutional amendment must be submitted to Kentucky voters for ratification or rejection at the next regular election.
- The Secretary of State must publish the full text of the question and amendment in a newspaper of general circulation no later than the first Tuesday in August preceding the election.
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- The Secretary of State must certify the question and amendment to county clerks by specified deadlines in August or September depending on whether it is a presidential election year.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 16, 2026HouseFloortaken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) 2nd reading returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- Mar 13, 2026HouseCommitteetaken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) 1st reading returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeto Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- Mar 3, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
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Sources
apps.legislature.ky.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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