Kentucky Senate joins House to OK new process to fill US Senate vacancies - Harlan Enterprise

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Kentucky Senate joins House to OK new process to fill US Senate vacancies - Winchester Sun

Kentucky senators approved a House bill that would end the governor’s power to fill U.S. Senate vacancies. This year’s change comes on the heels of a 2021 law that was sponsored by Republican Senate President Robert Stivers, of Manchester. While speaking on House Bill 622, Stivers called the new legislation “a better way to proceed.”  The bill would require the governor to call a special election to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat and allow the w…