Kentucky House of Representatives

Kentucky House of Representatives
Kentucky House of Representatives
Kentucky General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 2, 2024 (adjourned)
Leadership
Speaker	David Osborne (R) ; since January 8, 2019
Speaker pro tempore	David Meade (R) ; since January 8, 2019
Majority Leader	Steven Rudy (R) ; since January 5, 2021
Minority Leader	Derrick Graham (D) ; since January 3, 2023
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Republican (80); Democratic (20);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	The Legislative Department, Section 29, Kentucky Constitution
Salary	$188.22/day + per diem (elected before January 1, 2023); $203.28/day + per diem (elected after January 1, 2023)[1]
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022; (100 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024; (100 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Kentucky State Capitol; Frankfort, Kentucky
Website
	Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve the principle of equal representation.[2] Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The Kentucky House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Frankfort.

History

The first meeting of the Kentucky House of Representatives was in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1792, shortly after statehood. During the first legislative session, legislators chose Frankfort to be the permanent state capital.

After women gained suffrage in Kentucky, Mary Elliott Flanery was elected as the first female member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. She took her seat in January 1922, and was the first woman elected to a Southern state legislature.[3]

In 2017, the Republicans became the majority party in the House.[4][5] They now hold a four-fifths supermajority in the chamber.

Powers and legislative process

Section 47 of the Constitution of Kentucky stipulates that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the state House of Representatives.

Membership

Current composition

House composition by district

Held by Democrats

Held by Republicans

Session	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
2017 session	64	36	100	0
2018 session	63	37	100	0

2019 session	61	39	100	0
2020 session	62	38	100	0

2021–2022 sessions	75	25	100	0

2023 session	80	20	100	0
Begin 2024[6]	79	20	99	1
January 15, 2024[7]	78	20	98	2
March 25, 2024[8]	80	20	100	0
Latest voting share	80%	20%

Terms and qualifications

According to Section 32 of the Kentucky Constitution, a state representative must: be a citizen of Kentucky, be at least 24 years old at the time of election, have resided in the state at least 2 years and the district at least 1 year prior to election. Per section 30 of the Kentucky Constitution, representatives are elected every two years in the November following a regular session of the General Assembly.

Leadership

The speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives is the chief presiding officer of the Kentucky House. The speaker's official duties include maintaining order in the House, recognizing members during debate, appointing committee chairs and determining the composition of committees, and determining which committee has jurisdiction over which bill. Traditionally, the speaker has also served as chair of the Rules Committee and the Committee on Committees.

When the speaker is absent from the floor or otherwise unavailable, the speaker pro tempore fills in as the chief presiding officer of the House.

In addition to the speaker and speaker pro tem, each party caucus elects a floor leader, a whip, and caucus chair.

Leaders

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	David Osborne	Republican	Prospect	59
Speaker Pro Tempore	David Meade	Republican	Stanford	80
Majority Floor Leader	Steven Rudy	Republican	Paducah	1
Majority Whip	Jason Nemes	Republican	Louisville	33
Majority Caucus Chair	Suzanne Miles	Republican	Owensboro	7
Minority Floor Leader	Derrick Graham	Democratic	Frankfort	57
Minority Whip	Rachel Roberts	Democratic	Newport	67
Minority Caucus Chair	Cherlynn Stevenson	Democratic	Lexington	88

List of current representatives

District	Name	Party	Since	Residence	Counties represented
1	Steven Rudy	Republican	2005	Paducah	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken
2	Richard Heath	Republican	2012	Mayfield	Graves, McCracken
3	Randy Bridges	Republican	2019	Paducah	Livingston, McCracken
4	D. Wade Williams	Republican	2023	Madisonville	Hopkins
5	Mary Beth Imes	Republican	2021	Murray	Calloway, Trigg
6	Chris Freeland	Republican	2019	Benton	Lyon, Marshall, McCracken
7	Suzanne Miles	Republican	2013	Owensboro	Daviess
8	Walker Thomas	Republican	2017	Hopkinsville	Caldwell, Christian, Trigg
9	Myron Dossett	Republican	2007	Pembroke	Christian
10	Josh Calloway	Republican	2021	Irvington	Breckinridge, Hardin
11	Jonathan Dixon	Republican	2021	Corydon	Henderson
12	Jim Gooch	Republican	1995	Providence	Crittenden, McLean, Union, Webster
13	DJ Johnson	Republican	2021[lower-alpha 1]	Owensboro	Daviess
14	Scott Lewis	Republican	2019	Hartford	Daviess, Hancock, Ohio
15	Rebecca Raymer	Republican	2023	Morgantown	Butler, Muhlenberg
16	Jason Petrie	Republican	2017	Elkton	Christian, Logan, Todd
17	Robert Duvall	Republican	2023	Bowling Green	Warren
18	Samara Heavrin	Republican	2019	Leitchfield	Grayson, Hardin
19	Michael Meredith	Republican	2011	Oakland	Edmonson, Warren
20	Kevin Jackson	Republican	2023	Bowling Green	Warren
21	Amy Neighbors	Republican	2023	Edmonton	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe
22	Shawn McPherson	Republican	2021	Scottsville	Allen, Simpson, Warren
23	Steve Riley	Republican	2017	Glasgow	Barren
24	Courtney Gilbert	Republican	2024	Hodgenville	Green, Hart, LaRue
25	Steve Bratcher	Republican	2023	Elizabethtown	Hardin
26	Peyton Griffee	Republican	2024	Mount Washington	Bullitt, Hardin
27	Nancy Tate	Republican	2019	Brandenburg	Hardin, Meade
28	Jared Bauman	Republican	2023	Louisville	Jefferson
29	Kevin Bratcher	Republican	1997	Louisville	Jefferson
30	Daniel Grossberg	Democratic	2023	Louisville	Jefferson
31	Susan Tyler Witten	Republican	2023	Louisville	Jefferson
32	Tina Bojanowski	Democratic	2019	Louisville	Jefferson
33	Jason Nemes	Republican	2017	Louisville	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby
34	Sarah Stalker	Democratic	2023	Louisville	Jefferson
35	Lisa Willner	Democratic	2019	Louisville	Jefferson
36	John Hodgson	Republican	2023	Fisherville	Jefferson
37	Emily Callaway	Republican	2023	Louisville	Bullitt, Jefferson
38	Rachel Roarx	Democratic	2023	Louisville	Jefferson
39	Matt Lockett	Republican	2021	Nicholasville	Fayette, Jessamine
40	Nima Kulkarni	Democratic	2019	Louisville	Jefferson
41	Josie Raymond	Democratic	2019	Louisville	Jefferson
42	Keturah Herron	Democratic	2022	Louisville	Jefferson
43	Pamela Stevenson	Democratic	2021	Louisville	Jefferson
44	Beverly Chester-Burton	Democratic	2023	Shively	Jefferson
45	Killian Timoney	Republican	2021	Lexington	Fayette, Jessamine
46	Al Gentry	Democratic	2017	Louisville	Jefferson
47	Felicia Rabourn	Republican	2021	Turners Station	Carroll, Henry, Owen, Trimble
48	Ken Fleming	Republican	2021[lower-alpha 2]	Louisville	Jefferson, Oldham
49	Thomas Huff	Republican	2019	Shepherdsville	Bullitt
50	Candy Massaroni	Republican	2023	Bardstown	Nelson
51	Michael Pollock	Republican	2021	Campbellsville	Marion, Taylor
52	Ken Upchurch	Republican	2013[lower-alpha 3]	Monticello	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne
53	James Tipton	Republican	2015	Taylorsville	Anderson, Spencer
54	Daniel Elliott	Republican	2016	Danville	Boyle, Casey
55	Kim King	Republican	2011	Harrodsburg	Jessamine, Mercer, Washington
56	Daniel Fister	Republican	2021	Versailles	Franklin, Jessamine, Woodford
57	Derrick Graham	Democratic	2003	Frankfort	Franklin
58	Jennifer Decker	Republican	2021	Waddy	Shelby
59	David Osborne	Republican	2005	Prospect	Oldham
60	Marianne Proctor	Republican	2023	Union	Boone
61	Savannah Maddox	Republican	2019	Dry Ridge	Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton
62	Phillip Pratt	Republican	2017	Georgetown	Scott
63	Kim Banta	Republican	2019	Fort Mitchell	Boone, Kenton
64	Kimberly Poore Moser	Republican	2017	Taylor Mill	Kenton
65	Stephanie Dietz	Republican	2023	Edgewood	Kenton
66	Steve Rawlings	Republican	2023	Burlington	Boone
67	Rachel Roberts	Democratic	2020	Newport	Campbell
68	Mike Clines	Republican	2023	Alexandria	Campbell
69	Steven Doan	Republican	2023	Erlanger	Boone, Kenton
70	William Lawrence	Republican	2021	Maysville	Bracken, Harrison, Mason, Robertson
71	Josh Bray	Republican	2021	Mount Vernon	Laurel, Madison, Pulaski, Rockcastle
72	Matthew Koch	Republican	2019	Paris	Bourbon, Fleming, Nicholas
73	Ryan Dotson	Republican	2021	Winchester	Clark, Fayette
74	David Hale	Republican	2015	Wellington	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery
75	Lindsey Burke	Democratic	2023	Lexington	Fayette
76	Ruth Ann Palumbo	Democratic	1991	Lexington	Fayette
77	George Brown Jr.	Democratic	2015	Lexington	Fayette
78	Mark Hart	Republican	2017	Falmouth	Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton
79	Chad Aull	Democratic	2023	Lexington	Fayette
80	David Meade	Republican	2013	Stanford	Garrard, Lincoln, Pulaski
81	Deanna Frazier	Republican	2019	Richmond	Madison
82	Nick Wilson	Republican	2023	Williamsburg	Laurel, Whitley
83	Josh Branscum	Republican	2021	Russell Springs	Clinton, Pulaski, Russell
84	Chris Fugate	Republican	2017	Chavies	Breathitt, Owsley, Perry
85	Shane Baker	Republican	2021	Somerset	Laurel, Pulaski
86	Tom Smith	Republican	2021[lower-alpha 4]	Corbin	Knox, Laurel
87	Adam Bowling	Republican	2019	Middlesboro	Bell, Harlan
88	Cherlynn Stevenson	Democratic	2019	Lexington	Fayette, Scott
89	Timmy Truett	Republican	2021	McKee	Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Madison, Wolfe
90	Derek Lewis	Republican	2019	London	Clay, Laurel, Leslie
91	Billy Wesley	Republican	2021	Jackson	Estill, Madison, Powell
92	John Blanton	Republican	2017	Salyersville	Knott, Magoffin, Pike
93	Adrielle Camuel	Democratic	2023	Lexington	Fayette
94	Jacob Justice	Republican	2023	Elkhorn City	Harlan, Letcher, Pike
95	Ashley Tackett Laferty	Democratic	2019	Martin	Floyd, Pike
96	Patrick Flannery	Republican	2021	Olive Hill	Boyd, Carter, Lewis
97	Bobby McCool	Republican	2019	Van Lear	Johnson, Martin, Pike
98	Danny Bentley	Republican	2017	Russell	Boyd, Greenup
99	Richard White	Republican	2020	Morehead	Elliott, Morgan, Rowan
100	Scott Sharp	Republican	2021	Ashland	Boyd, Lawrence

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Notes

Johnson previously served in the house from 2017 to 2019.
Fleming previously served in the house from 2017 to 2019.
Upchurch previously served in the house from 1999 to 2011.
Smith previously served in the house from 1991 to 1993.

References

"How much do Kentucky's governor and other elected officials make? Here's a list". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
Ireland, Robert M. (2011). The Kentucky State Constitution. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-19-987781-2. OCLC 871172867.
Powers, James C. (1992). John E. Kleber (ed.). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. pp. 323–324. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
Gerth, Joseph (November 8, 2015). "Ky. Dems guard against efforts to flip House". Courier-Journal. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
Warren, Michael (November 30, 2016). "Democrats Lose a Southern Holdout". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
Latek, Tom (December 7, 2023). "Lawmaker to resign to accept deputy treasurer position". Kentucky Today. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
Shepherd, Allison (January 5, 2024). "Reed withdraws candidacy for re-election". The LaRue County Herald News. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
Pitts, Jacqueline (March 26, 2024). "New members of the Kentucky House of Representatives sworn in on day 55 of 2024 session". The Bottom Line News. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

External links

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[9] Johnson previously served in the house from 2017 to 2019.

[10] Fleming previously served in the house from 2017 to 2019.

[11] Upchurch previously served in the house from 1999 to 2011.

[12] Smith previously served in the house from 1991 to 1993.

[1] "How much do Kentucky's governor and other elected officials make? Here's a list". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[2] Ireland, Robert M. (2011). The Kentucky State Constitution. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-19-987781-2. OCLC 871172867.

[kyencyclopedia-3] Powers, James C. (1992). John E. Kleber (ed.). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. pp. 323–324. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0. Retrieved March 11, 2010.

[4] Gerth, Joseph (November 8, 2015). "Ky. Dems guard against efforts to flip House". Courier-Journal. Retrieved January 6, 2016.

[5] Warren, Michael (November 30, 2016). "Democrats Lose a Southern Holdout". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved December 14, 2016.

[6] Latek, Tom (December 7, 2023). "Lawmaker to resign to accept deputy treasurer position". Kentucky Today. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[7] Shepherd, Allison (January 5, 2024). "Reed withdraws candidacy for re-election". The LaRue County Herald News. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

[8] Pitts, Jacqueline (March 26, 2024). "New members of the Kentucky House of Representatives sworn in on day 55 of 2024 session". The Bottom Line News. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

Seats in the Kentucky General Assembly
Senate	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
House of Representatives	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Speaker David Osborne (R) Speaker pro tempore David Meade (R) Majority Leader Steven Rudy (R) Minority Leader Derrick Graham (D)
▌Steven Rudy (R) ▌Richard Heath (R) ▌Randy Bridges (R) ▌Wade Williams (R) ▌Mary Beth Imes (R) ▌Chris Freeland (R) ▌Suzanne Miles (R) ▌Walker Thomas (R) ▌Myron Dossett (R) ▌Josh Calloway (R) ▌Jonathan Dixon (R) ▌Jim Gooch Jr. (R) ▌DJ Johnson (R) ▌Scott Lewis (R) ▌Rebecca Raymer (R) ▌Jason Petrie (R) ▌Robert Duvall (R) ▌Samara Heavrin (R) ▌Michael Meredith (R) ▌Kevin Jackson (R) ▌Amy Neighbors (R) ▌Shawn McPherson (R) ▌Steve Riley (R) ▌Courtney Gilbert (R) ▌Steve Bratcher (R) ▌Peyton Griffee (R) ▌Nancy Tate (R) ▌Jared Bauman (R) ▌Kevin D. Bratcher (R) ▌Daniel Grossberg (D) ▌Susan Witten (R) ▌Tina Bojanowski (D) ▌Jason Nemes (R) ▌Sarah Stalker (D) ▌Lisa Willner (D) ▌John Hodgson (R) ▌Emily Callaway (R) ▌Rachel Roarx (D) ▌Matt Lockett (R) ▌Nima Kulkarni (D) ▌Josie Raymond (D) ▌Keturah Herron (D) ▌Pamela Stevenson (D) ▌Beverly Chester-Burton (D) ▌Killian Timoney (R) ▌Al Gentry (D) ▌Felicia Rabourn (R) ▌Ken Fleming (R) ▌Thomas Huff (R) ▌Candy Massaroni (R) ▌Michael Sarge Pollock (R) ▌Ken Upchurch (R) ▌James Tipton (R) ▌Daniel Elliott (R) ▌Kim King (R) ▌Daniel Fister (R) ▌Derrick Graham (D) ▌Jennifer Decker (R) ▌David W. Osborne (R) ▌Marianne Proctor (R) ▌Savannah Maddox (R) ▌Phillip Pratt (R) ▌Kim Banta (R) ▌Kimberly Poore Moser (R) ▌Stephanie Dietz (R) ▌Steve Rawlings (R) ▌Rachel Roberts (D) ▌Mike Clines (R) ▌Steven Doan (R) ▌William Lawrence (R) ▌Josh Bray (R) ▌Matthew Koch (R) ▌Ryan Dotson (R) ▌David Hale (R) ▌Lindsey Burke (D) ▌Ruth Ann Palumbo (D) ▌George Brown Jr. (D) ▌Mark Hart (R) ▌Chad Aull (D) ▌David Meade (R) ▌Deanna Frazier Gordon (R) ▌Nick Wilson (R) ▌Josh Branscum (R) ▌Chris Fugate (R) ▌Shane Baker (R) ▌Tom Smith (R) ▌Adam Bowling (R) ▌Cherlynn Stevenson (D) ▌Timmy Truett (R) ▌Derek Lewis (R) ▌Billy Wesley (R) ▌John Blanton (R) ▌Adrielle Camuel (D) ▌Jacob Justice (R) ▌Ashley Tackett Laferty (D) ▌Patrick Flannery (R) ▌Bobby McCool (R) ▌Danny Bentley (R) ▌Richard White (R) ▌Scott Sharp (R)
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