26RS HB 259

House Bill 259

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Last Action	01/08/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 32, 72, 91, 100, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to citizenship requirements of state and local elected officials.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1237
Sponsors	S. Baker, J. Hodgson, R. Bivens
Summary of Original Version	Propose to amend Sections 32, 72, 91, 100, and 122 of the Kentucky Constitution to require candidates for the General Assembly, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, Attorney General, county clerk, Circuit Court clerk, Commonwealth’s attorney, county attorney, District Judge, Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals Judge, and Justice of the Supreme Court to be a natural born citizen of the United States and a national of only the United States in order to hold each respective office; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Index Headings of Original Version	Secretary Of State - Secretary of State candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Constitution, Ky. - Constitutional amendment, eligibility for certain officers, natural born citizen Elections And Voting - Constitutional amendment, eligibility for certain officers, natural born citizen Agriculture - Commissioner of Agriculture, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Attorney, Commonwealth's - Commonwealth's attorney candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Attorney, County - County Attorney, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Attorney General - Attorney General candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Auditor Of Public Accounts - Auditor candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Circuit Clerks - Circuit clerk candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen County Clerks - County clerk candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen County Clerks - Constitutional amendment, eligibility for certain officers, natural born citizen Court Of Appeals - Judge candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Court, Supreme - Justices, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Courts, Circuit - Candidacy for judgeship, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Courts, District - Judge candidacy for judgeship, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen General Assembly - Senators and Representatives, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Governor - Gubernatorial candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Lieutenant Governor - Lieutenant Governor candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen Treasurer - Treasurer candidacy, eligibility for office, natural born United States citizen