The legislature passes laws which govern people in their relation to each other.
The Kentucky legislature convenes at the capital at Frankfort every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January and remains in session for sixty working days, not including Sundays and national holidays.
It is composed of two houses, the House of Representatives, known as the lower house with one hundred members, and the Senate, known as the upper house with thirty-eight members.
The Kentucky General Assembly is composed of one hundred and thirty-eight members elected by the voters of the State in the counties and districts in which they reside.
The State is divided into senatorial and representative districts, with a representation based upon population.
The term of office for Senators is four years. A Senator must be thirty years old, a citizen of the United States for nine years and must live in the State and district from which he is elected.
A State Senator in Kentucky receives $10.00 per day for his services during the sitting of the legislature, mileage to and from home at the rate of ten cents per mile, and stationery.
The Lieutenant Governor is the presiding officer of the Senate.
The Senate sits as a court and tries all impeachments.
The president pro tem. of the Senate is elected by the members of the body, also the clerks, doorkeeper and pages.