Kentucky 2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 58 — 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.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 1055 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.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 58/GA 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.
The Governor shall have power, after five years from the time of the offense, to pardon, pursuant to Section 2 of this Act, any person who shall have participated in a Page 1 of 3 BR105500.100 - 1055 - XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 1055 duel as principal, second or otherwise, and to restore him or her to all the rights, privileges and immunities to which he or she was entitled before such participation.
The Governor shall have power, after five years from the time of the offense, to pardon, pursuant to Section 2 of this Act, any person who shall have participated in a Page 1 of 3 SB005810.100 - 1055 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 58/GA duel as principal, second or otherwise, and to restore him or her to all the rights, privileges and immunities to which he or she was entitled before such participation.
Notwithstanding any language in KRS 118.415 to the contrary, the Secretary of State, not later than the second Monday after the second Tuesday in August preceding the next regular election at which members of the General Assembly are to be chosen in a year in which there is not an election for President and Vice President of the United States, or not later than the Thursday after the first Tuesday in September preceding a regular election in a year in which there is an election for President and Vice President of the United States, shall certify the entirety of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky contained in Sections 1 to 3 of this Act to the county clerk of each county, and the county clerk shall have the entirety of the amendment, as so certified, indicated on the ballots provided to the voters in paper or electronic form as Page 2 of 3 BR105500.100 - 1055 - XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 1055 applicable to the voting machines in use in each county or precinct.
Notwithstanding any language in KRS 118.415 to the contrary, the Secretary of State, not later than the second Monday after the second Tuesday in August preceding the next regular election at which members of the General Assembly are to be chosen in a year in which there is not an election for President and Vice President of the United States, or not later than the Thursday after the first Tuesday in September preceding a regular election in a year in which there is an election for President and Vice President of the United States, shall certify the entirety of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky contained in Sections 1 to 3 of this Act to the county clerk of each county, and the county clerk shall have the entirety of the amendment, as so certified, indicated on the ballots provided to the voters in paper or electronic form as Page 2 of 3 SB005810.100 - 1055 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 58/GA applicable to the voting machines in use in each county or precinct.
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Action History

  1. 2nd reading, to Rules

  2. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

  3. posted in committee

  4. to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

  5. received in House

  6. passed 33-4

  7. floor amendment (1) defeated

  8. 3rd reading

  9. passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

  10. floor amendment (1) filed

  11. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2020

  12. 2nd reading, to Rules

  13. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

  14. to State & Local Government (S)

  15. introduced in Senate

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (138)

138 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASS SB 58

Passed 33 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20300
Republican 13100
Democrat 0001
Total 33401
% of votes cast 87%11%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Alvarado — Yea
Harris — Yea
Buford — Yea
Nemes — Yea
Thayer — Yea
Hornback — Yea
Parrett — Yea
Turner — Yea
Carroll D — Yea
Humphries — Yea
Castlen — Yea
Kerr — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Westerfield — Yea
Embry — Yea
Schickel — Yea
McGarvey — Yea
Schroder — Yea
Meredith — Yea
Clark — Nay
Thomas — Nay
Harper Angel — Yea
Miller J — Nay
Gerald A. Neal Democrat Not Voting
Brandon Smith Republican Yea
Christian McDaniel Republican Yea
David P. Givens Republican Yea
Jared Carpenter Republican Yea
Jimmy Higdon Republican Yea
Julie Raque Adams Republican Yea
Max Wise Republican Yea
Mike Wilson Republican Yea
Phillip Wheeler Republican Yea
Rick Girdler Republican Yea
Robby Mills Republican Yea
Robert Stivers Republican Yea
Robin L. Webb Republican Nay
Stephen West Republican Yea

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