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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 394: AN ACT proposing to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 394 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT proposing to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons. Most recent recorded action (February 12, 2025): to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor from pardoning persons that have not been convicted of a crime, unless the person is currently being investigated or prosecuted in connection to a crime; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
  2. to Committee on Committees (H)
  3. introduced in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source