Beshear seeks compromise with legislators on limiting his COVID-19 emergency powers
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter Jan. 20 to state Senate President Robert Stivers and House Speaker David Osborne to see if they would compromise on legislation he vetoed that limits his authority to issue and enforce emergency orders to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The two-page letter, obtained Tuesday by the Lexington Herald-Leader through an Open Records request, offers suggestions from Beshear to “create a reasonable framework around which to have a conversation” about the vetoes.
Earlier this month, the Republican-led state legislature passed bills limiting the Democratic governor’s coronavirus rules and emergency executive orders.
Beshear vetoed the legislation and Stivers, R-Manchester, later told the Courier Journal that the legislature’s decision to override the vetoes when lawmakers return to Frankfort Feb. 2 could depend on the governor’s willingness to talk to them about other ways to address his emergency powers.
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