Kentucky Remove Full Text Requirement and Allow Ballot Summaries for Constitutional Amendment Elections Measure (2026)

Kentucky Remove Full Text Requirement and Allow Ballot Summaries for Constitutional Amendment Elections Measure
Election date November 3, 2026
Topic Ballot measure process
Status Proposed
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

The Kentucky Remove Full Text Requirement and Allow Ballot Summaries for Constitutional Amendment Elections Measure may appear on the ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.

The amendment would remove the requirement that the full text of an amendment must be printed on ballots and allow the use of ballot summaries for constitutional amendment elections.

Text of measure

The full text is available here.

Path to the ballot

Amending the Kentucky Constitution

See also: Amending the Kentucky Constitution

A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Kentucky State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Kentucky House of Representatives and 23 votes in the Kentucky Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. The Legislature cannot add more than four constitutional amendments to one election ballot.

Senate Bill 262

The following is the timeline of the constitutional amendment in the state legislature:

• February 26, 2026: Senate Bill 262 was introduced.
• March 10, 2026: The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 32-6.

 Kentucky State Senate

Voted on March 10, 2026

Votes Required to Pass: 23
	Yes	No	NV
Total	32	6	0
Total %	84.2	15.8	0.0
Democratic (D)	0	6	0
Republican (R)	32	0	0

See also

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External links

• Senate Bill 262

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