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If the bill passes the general assembly with a three-fifths majority, it would be placed on the 2026 ballot for voters.
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While the constitution prohibits slavery in the state, it also includes one exception.
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Jefferson Circuit Judge Charles Cunningham Jr. sided with the Jefferson County Board of Education in issuing a declaratory judgment in the board’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of aspects of Senate Bill 1, which takes effect Thursday, that single out Kentucky’s largest school district.
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The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court, names Education Commissioner Jason Glass and Attorney General Daniel Cameron as defendants and challenges the constitutionality new limitations on the authority, procedures and meeting times the Jefferson County Board of Education in Senate Bill 1, passed by Kentucky’s General Assembly this year over Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto.
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Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd found the state’s education opportunity accounts, funded through donations eligible for state tax credits, violated the Kentucky Constitution because the $25 million pool of tax credits cannot be spent for education “other than in common schools until the question of taxation has been submitted to the legal voters.”
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Kentucky voters resoundingly opposed a proposal to give longer terms to elected prosecutors and district judges in Tuesday's general election.
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Thursday's filing is the latest in a legal battle between Cameron, a Republican, and the Democratic Beshear that stretches across three local courts, the state’s appeals panel and the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Marsy’s Law would require, among other things, that crime victims be notified of and heard during court proceedings related to their case.