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Not So Fast: Local Option Sales Tax Bill Hits Delay in Kentucky House

A bill to amend the Kentucky constitution to allow voters to choose projects funded by a 1 percent sales tax has been delayed in the House.

The measure, championed by the mayors of Louisville and Lexington, does not have enough votes to pass in that chamber right now, according to Democratic Majority Whip Tommy Thompson.

“We have a few people that have some good questions about that don’t quite understand it, so we want to clear that up," the Daviess County Democrat said. "And then there’s a few more people that we wanted to talk to to kinda see where they were, but I think we’re very close.”

Thompson says the measure is shy by a number of votes “in the single digits,” and he expects it to come for a floor vote Monday.

The measure gained renewed momentum this week after House Speaker Greg Stumbo said he changed his mind after talking with Gov. Steve Beshear, who urged him to support it.

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