Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HCR45: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION calling on the United States Congress to submit to the states for ratification a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution and making a formal application to Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution which requires a balanced federal budget.
Status: In committee, March 13, 2026
Call on the United States Congress to submit to the states for ratification a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution and making a formal application to Congress to call a convention.
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution calling on the United States Congress to submit to the states for ratification a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution and making a formal application to Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution which requires a balanced federal budget.
From the introduced text:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION calling on the United States Congress to submit to the states for ratification a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution and making a formal application to Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution which requires a balanced federal budget. WHEREAS, the United States Congress has run up a debt so massive that it has endangered the U.S. Government, the U.S. economy, U.S. national defense, and all fifty States; and WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States mandates that upon the "Application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States," Congress shall "call a Convention for proposing Amendments"; and WHEREAS, historically, when the States have come within one application of the two-thirds (thirty-four) necessary to call a convention to propose a specific amendment, Congress has acted to propose said amendment in order to prevent a convention from being called; and WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan advocated the use of this "thirty-three state strategy" to pressure Congress to propose a Balanced Budget Amendment for ratification by the States; and WHEREAS, the legislature deems an amendment to the United States Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget is necessary for the good of the American …