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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 7, 2025

To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Introduced February 5, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB335

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to citizen ballot initiatives.

Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish the initiative power of the people to propose laws and to enact or reject proposed initiatives at an election; establish procedures for initiatives, effect of adopted initiatives, and parameters for the subject of any initiative; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Elections and Voting General Assembly Local Mandate Secretary of State Constitution, Ky.

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This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would give Kentucky voters the power to propose and vote directly on new laws through a ballot initiative process. If approved by the legislature and then ratified by voters, it would add this citizen initiative process to the Kentucky Constitution. It also sets out rules for how initiatives could be used and what subjects they could cover. Who it may affect: all registered Kentucky voters, and citizens interested in participating directly in the lawmaking process.

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