肯塔基州议员提议限制州长的赦免权。 Kentucky lawmaker proposes limiting governor's pardon powers.
在围绕前共和党州长发布 600 多项赦免和减刑引发争议后，肯塔基州一名共和党议员正在推动限制该州州长的赦免权。 A Kentucky Republican lawmaker is pushing to limit a state governor's pardon powers after the controversy surrounding the former GOP governor's issuance of over 600 pardons and commutations. 拟议的宪法修正案，即参议院第 126 号法案，如果获得立法机关两院批准，将取消州长选举前后两个月内州长的赦免权。 The proposed constitutional amendment, Senate Bill 126, would remove a governor's pardon powers for two months before and after a gubernatorial election if approved by both chambers of the legislature. 该提案获得参议院委员会的批准，如果获得通过，将需要参众两院至少五分之三的票数，然后在 11 月的投票中提交给肯塔基州选民批准。 The proposal won approval from a Senate committee and, if passed, would require at least three-fifths of the vote in both chambers and then be put forth for Kentucky voters' approval in the November ballot.