Kentucky's Capitol
Kentucky's Capitol
Early Birds Pre-Filing Bills for 2010 Session
by Tony McVeigh, Kentucky Public Radio, Capitol Bureau Chief (2009-11-11)
Kentucky lawmakers will soon return to Frankfort for the 2010 legislative session. It's a budget session and will last 60 days. The session is scheduled to start on January 5th and adjourn, sine die, on April 13th. Photo by Tony McVeigh (Click image to enlarge)
FRANKFORT, KY (WEKU) - The 2010 session of the Kentucky General Assembly is now just eight weeks away. Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeigh has been perusing pre-filed bills.

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So far, 114 bills have been pre-filed for the 2010 session, which begins January 5th.

Senators have filed 18 bills, including legislation by Sen. Joey Pendleton to legalize the growing of hemp.

Sen. John Schickel will again try to limit media access to 911 calls. And Sen. Damon Thayer wants to amend the constitution to allow casino gambling in counties with horse tracks.

House members have pre-filed at least 96 bills. Speaker Greg Stumbo wants to use electronic monitoring in domestic violence cases. Rep. Tom Burch wants to do away with the death penalty.

A couple of House members want to prohibit texting while driving and Rep. Darryl Owens wants to take the dueling clause out of the state constitution.

Rep. Jimmy Higdon wants to limit all legislative sessions to 30 days. The 2010 session, which is a budget session, will last 60 days.

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