Constitution amendment 2

Here's the text regarding the amendment, copied from a sample ballot available on the Jefferson County Clerk's election website:

Section 1. Are you in favor of changing the term of Commonwealth's Attorneys from six‐year terms to eight‐year terms beginning in 2030, changing the terms of judges of the district court from four‐year terms to eight‐year terms beginning in 2022, and requiring district judges to have been licensed attorneys for at least eight years beginning in 2022, by amending the Constitution of Kentucky to read as stated below?


Section 2. It is proposed that Section 97 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows: In the year two thousand, and every six years thereafter, there shall be an election in each county for a Circuit Court Clerk, and, until the year two thousand thirty, for a Commonwealth's Attorney, in each circuit court district, unless that office be abolished, who shall hold their respective offices for six years from the first Monday in January after their election, and until the election and qualification of their successors. Beginning in the year two thousand thirty, and every eight years thereafter, there shall be an election for a Commonwealth's Attorney in each circuit court district, unless that office be abolished, who shall hold his or her office for eight years from the first Monday in January after his or her election, and until the election and qualification of his or her successor.


Section 3. It is proposed that Section 119 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows: Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals and circuit court shall severally hold their offices for terms of eight years, and until the year two thousand twenty‐two, judges of the district court for terms of four years. Beginning in the year two thousand twenty‐two, judges of the district court shall hold their offices for terms of eight years. All terms commence on the first Monday in January next succeeding the regular election for the office. No justice or judge may be deprived of his term of office by redistricting, or by a reduction in the number of justices or judges.


Section 4. It is proposed that Section 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows: To be eligible to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the Court of Appeals, Circuit Court or District Court a person must be a citizen of the United States, licensed to practice law in the courts of this Commonwealth, and have been a resident of this Commonwealth and of the district from which he or she is elected for two years next preceeding his or her taking office. In addition, to be eligible to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals or Circuit Court a person must have been a licensed attorney for at least eight years. Beginning in the year two thousand twenty‐two, no district judge shall serve who has not been a licensed attorney for at least eight years.


Section 5. The eight‐year licensure requirement for district judges set forth in the amendment to Section 122 of the Constitution shall not apply to any person serving as a district judge on the effective date of this amendment.

P.P.S. It's worth mentioning that while judicial positions are nonpartisan, the elected officials involved in getting the bill onto the state ballot are not. It does affect how I personally see the issue of term limits framed, although I don't see a problem with increasing the eligibility requirements. It's hard for me as a layperson to look behind the scenes at the political machinations, motives, and agendas behind the judicial term limit changes. Here's a page that briefly talks about how the votes went and the statements of elected officials regarding the amendment:

https://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_Constitutional_Amendment_2,_Terms_of_Judicial_Offices_Amendment_(2020)