Bobby Harold Richardson (born November 25, 1944) is an American politician and educator in the state of Kentucky.
Brown Jr. in 1979, along with Kenton's ascension to Speaker of the House of Representatives and Richardson's ascension to Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, the governor played a large role in the election of leadership and the prioritization of bills in both chambers of the General Assembly.
Often, the governor used a series of quid pro quo agreements to guarantee leadership positions and opportunities for bills written by legislators to be heard, receiving votes on their own agenda in the process.
This provision was later rendered moot when Kentucky approved a constitutional amendment in 2000 establishing 30-day regular sessions in which the legislature is able to perform legislative duties, meaning the General Assembly then began holding regular legislative sessions annually.
[6] Furthermore, the Kenton Amendment prohibited regular even-numbered year sessions of the General Assembly from proceeding longer than April 15.