republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-10.md

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Bill	AN ACT proposing to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons and commute sentences.	Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor's ability to grant pardons or commute sentences beginning 60 days prior to a gubernatorial election and ending at that gubernatorial inauguration; amend Section 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 10	Kentucky SB 10 (2026RS)	bill	Constitution Ky. County Clerks Crimes And Punishments Elections And Voting Governor Local Mandate Secretary Of State	enacted	C. McDaniel C. Richardson D. Carroll D. Douglas G. Boswell G. Elkins M. Deneen M. Nunn M. Wilson M. Wise R. Mills S. Funke Frommeyer S. Rawlings	3	25	3	2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/99151b0f-e930-43dc-9040-a38a46206969	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb10.html	f6ae8735c7c507a068ed29f1136906cb20770ea3defd6591bee66d22a2911470	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 10 (2026RS) — AN ACT proposing to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons and commute sentences.

Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor's ability to grant pardons or commute sentences beginning 60 days prior to a gubernatorial election and ending at that gubernatorial inauguration; amend Section 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 12 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 10 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 82–12 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 10 w/ HFA 1, HFA 2 (T) — 36–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. McDaniel — primary (person)
• C. Richardson — primary (person)
• D. Carroll — primary (person)
• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• G. Boswell — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)
• M. Wise — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)
• S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)
• S. Rawlings — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0-1 passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) adopted
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 82-12 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 36-1 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 12) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99151b0f-e930-43dc-9040-a38a46206969. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).