From The Lexington Herald-Leader: Sponsor says controversial scholarship tax credit bill is unlikely to pass this year
BY LINDA BLACKFORD and VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS
Controversial legislation that would create a scholarship tax credit program for private schools in Kentucky is unlikely to survive in the 2019 General Assembly, its sponsor said Monday.
House Majority Floor Leader John “Bam” Carney, R-Campbellsville, said Monday that “anything is possible but at this time it’s unlikely for this session.”
”With it being a non-budget year I think to be safe it needs 60 votes” in the 100-member House, Carney said. He has said he doesn’t have that many votes for House Bill 205. (Lawmakers only meet for 30 days in odd-numbered years, when a three-fifths majority of lawmakers is required to approve any bill that makes an appropriation. They craft a budget during 60-day legislative sessions in even-numbered years, when only 51 votes are needed to pass a spending bill.)