Request By:
Jay D. Hartz
Executive Director
Legislative Research Commission
Opinion
Opinion By: Daniel Cameron,Attorney General;James M. Herrick,Assistant Attorney General
Opinion of the Attorney General
On April 15, 2020, the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly adjourned sine die . Thus, the effective date of legislation, other than general appropriation bills and acts containing emergency or delayed effective date provisions, passed during this session is Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
Section 55 of the Constitution of Kentucky provides:
As used in Section 55, "until ninety days after the adjournment" means that the day of adjournment is excluded when calculating the 90-day period. It follows that the 90th day is included in the period so that 90 full days expire after final adjournment and before certain legislation passed during the session becomes effective. See OAG 19-005.
Under Section 55 of the Kentucky Constitution, the General Assembly having adjourned on April 15, 2020 sine die , it is the opinion of this Office that the first day of the 90-day period after the session is Thursday, April 16, 2020, and the 90th day of that period is Tuesday, July 14, 2020. When that 90th day has expired, ninety full days will have passed after the adjournment sine die of the 2020 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly. Thus, legislation (except for general appropriation measures and those containing emergency or delayed effective date provisions) passed during the 2020 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly will be effective on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.