Houses
The General Assembly is bicameral, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The House and Senate chambers are on opposite ends of the third floor of the capitol building, and legislators have offices in the nearby Capitol Annex building.
Section 33 of the Kentucky Constitution requires that the General Assembly divide the state into 38 Senate and 100 House districts. Districts are required to be as nearly equal in population as possible. Districts can be formed by joining more than one county, but the counties forming a district must be contiguous. Districts must be reviewed every 10 years and be re-divided if necessary.
Under the state constitution, only three counties may be divided to form a Senate district--Jefferson (Louisville), Fayette (Lexington) and Kenton (Covington).
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—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 12:26-27.
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—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)
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—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)