At noon today two committees are taking up bills proposing to amend Kentucky's constitution. HB 476 appears to give local governments more taxing powers, while SB 149 would limit governor's ability to grant pardons and commutations at the end of their terms. #kyga22
There can be a maximum of only 4 statewide ballot initiatives to amend the Kentucky constitution on the ballot this fall, and there are already 2 related to the length of legislative session and declaring no right to an abortion. There's room for 2 more but unclear which will be.
McDaniel's SB 149 restricting governor's pardon powers at the end of their term passed out of committee 7-2. He and some other Republicans made big criticisms of Bevin's action, and Bevin's running mate Alvarado voted for it.
The two no votes were Southworth (R) and Harper Angel (D), who said we shouldn't do a knee-jerk overreaction to the "disaster" of the Bevin pardons.
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