Kentucky Repeal of Virginia Law Clause Amendment (2020)
| Kentucky Repeal of Virginia Law Clause Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Constitutional language | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Kentucky Repeal of Virginia Law Clause Amendment was not on the ballot in Kentucky as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.[1]
The amendment would have repealed a clause in the Kentucky Constitution that enforces Virginia laws enacted before June 1, 1792, in Kentucky.[2]
Text of the measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: The Militia, Kentucky Constitution
The measure would have amended section 223 of the state constitution. The full text of the amendment is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Kentucky Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a 60 percent vote is required in both the Kentucky State Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
This amendment was introduced as Senate Bill 106 on January 23, 2020. On March 10, 2020, the state Senate passed SB 106 in a vote of 32-2, with four excused. Of the 29 Republicans in the Senate, 26 voted in favor of SB 106, one voted against it, and two were excused. Six Democrats voted in favor of SB 106, one opposed it, and two were excused. It was received in the state House for consideration on March 10, 2020. SB 106 did not receive a vote by the state House before the legislature adjourned April 15, 2020.[1]
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State of Kentucky Frankfort (capital) |
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