Legislative Session - State Budget information
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM KEA
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The General Assembly normally passes a 2-year budget, which means that we should be in the middle of the 2020-22 budget cycle. However, because the 2020 Regular Session was cut short, and because the legisature didn't know the impact that coronavirus would have on the state economy, they only passed a 1 year budget in that session, which means they must pass a 1 year budget during this short session. That's highly unusual, and because they are meeting during an odd-numbered year, they only have 30 days to accomplish that goal.
Per the Kentucky Constitution, all budget and appropriations bills must originate in the House. There are 4 parts to the state budget, and each part is presented in a separate bill: the Executive Branch budget (HB192); the Transportation budget (HB193); the Legislative Branch budget (HB194); and the Judicial Branch budget (HB195). All budget bills are already in Conference Committee.