FILE - Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks to the media gathered in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 6, 2023. The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor's end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by Bevin on his way out of office in 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
FILE - Kentucky Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel listens to the proceedings during the Senate session in Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 1, 2024. The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change led by McDaniel, Wednesday, Feb. 21, to limit a governor's end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by the state's last Republican governor on his way out of office in 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)