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A RESOLUTION amending the Rules of Procedure for the 2023 Regular Session 1
of the Senate. 2
NOW, THEREFORE, 3
Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 4
Kentucky: 5
ď˘Section 1. A new Senate Rule 39A is created to read as follows: 6
Rule 39A. Impeachment Committee. In a trial of any impeachment, the Senate 7
President may direct the appointment of a committee to receive evidence and take 8
testimony at such times and places as the committee may determine and make a finding 9
of whether the accused shall be convicted or acquitted of the charges found in the 10
Articles of Impeachment. The President of the Senate shall appoint a chairman of the 11
committee. The committee shall exercise all the powers and functions conferred upon it 12
by the Senate and President of the Senate under the impeachment rules of procedure 13
in the Senate when sitting as a court of impeachment. 14
Unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, the committee shall follow the 15
impeachment rules of procedure of the Senate when sitting as a court of impeachment. 16
The appointed committee shall present a written report of its findings to the full Senate 17
which shall include the recording of the proceedings, evidence received and testimony 18
presented to the committee, and findings of whether the accused shall be convicted or 19
acquitted of the charges in the Articles of Impeachment. That report shall be received 20
by the Senate, and the evidence received and the testimony taken shall be considered as 21
having been received and taken before the Senate, and subject to the right of the 22
Senate to determine competency, relevancy, and materiality. Nothing herein shall 23
prevent the Senate from sending for any witness and hearing his or her testimony in 24
the open Senate, or by order of the Senate having the entire trial in the open Senate. 25