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AN ACT relating to the presession filing of bills. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 6 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) (a) Members of the General Assembly and members-elect of the General 5
Assembly who have received their certificates of election may prefile bills 6
and resolutions for introduction in the next succeeding regular legislative 7
session with the director of the Legislative Research Commission. 8
(b) Bills and resolutions which are prefiled pursuant to this section shall be in 9
the final and correct form for introduction in the General Assembly as 10
required by the constitution, laws, and rules of the respective houses of the 11
Legislature. 12
(c) The original copy of every bill and resolution prefiled shall include 13
immediately below the typed or printed name of the sponsor of the bill or 14
resolution and the full signature of the sponsor. 15
(2) The director of the Legislative Research Commission shall: 16
(a) Receive prefiled bills and resolutions; 17
(b) Assign numbers for introduction in the proper house in order of receipt; 18
(c) Publish prefiled bills and resolutions on the commission's website once they 19
have been assigned a number; and 20
(d) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, deliver the original and four (4) 21
copies of each bill and resolution to the clerk of the Senate or the clerk of 22
the House of Representatives, as appropriate, on the first day of the regular 23
session. 24
(3) Prefiled bills and resolutions shall be considered as introduced on the day of their 25
delivery to each house. 26
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, in the event a 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 1308
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person sponsoring a prefiled bill or resolution ceases to be a member of the 1
General Assembly at the time of the convening of the next succeeding regular 2
legislative session, the prefiling of that bill or resolution shall be considered to be 3
without effect, and the director of the Legislative Research Commission shall not 4
deliver the original or copies to the clerk of the Senate or the clerk of the House 5
of Representatives. 6
(5) No limits shall be placed upon the number of bills that a member of the General 7
Assembly may prefile. 8