Session calendar change will give lawmakers more time for budget work

FRANKFORT -- Legislative leaders have agreed to push back the final day of the
General Assembly's 2016 session until Friday, April 15, so that lawmakers can
continue working toward passage of the state's next two-year budget.

The session was previously scheduled to end tomorrow. Instead, lawmakers serving on
a free conference committee will meet tomorrow at 1 p.m. in hopes of finalizing a
budget agreement that lawmakers can vote on when the Senate and House convene at
noon on Friday.

Friday is the last day that lawmakers could meet for the final day of the 2016
Regular Session due to a state constitutional deadline. Lawmakers have already met
for 59 of the 60 days allowed by the constitution for this year's regular session.