In November, Kentucky Speaker of the House Jeff Hoover resigned the speakership after media reports revealed he had secretly settled charges of sexual misconduct.

During the same press conference where he announced resigning from his leadership post, Hoover stated he would remain a state representative.

Now, some members of the House Republican Caucus believe they have found a mechanism to retain Rep. Hoover’s leadership of the House, Louisville ABC affiliate WHAS reports.

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Lawyers for the Republican House Caucus believe Rep. Hoover’s resignation of the Speakership is not binding because the House doesn’t legally does not exist when the body is out of session.

Under this parliamentary interpretation, Rep. Hoover remains the Speaker of the House and would need to formally resign next month.

Or, Rep. Hoover could simply not resign when the legislature convenes on January 2nd and would thus remain Speaker.

“I would certainly be supportive of that,” Rep. Bam Carney, chairman of the House Education Committee, told the Associated Press.

“The last conversation I heard from Speaker Hoover was that he was intending on resigning and we are proceeding as if that is the case,” Speaker pro tempore David Osborne said. “I’m not going to get into hypotheticals.”

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Republican Rep. Wesley Morgan has begun the legislative process to expel Rep. Hoover from the House and predicted a number of GOP lawmakers would walk out if Hoover remained Speaker.

The leader of the committee developing a process for workplace complaints worries about the political fallout that could ensue.

“I’m not sure how that would be perceived, especially in light of trying to get a handle on what ethics reform means,” said Rep. Kim Moser.