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2023 Kentucky General Assembly

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{{Use American English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox legislative session

| name = 2023 session of the
Kentucky General Assembly

| image = Kentucky State Capitol Building.jpg

| alt = The Kentucky State Capitol building, under construction in this photograph.

| image_size = 240px

| caption = The Kentucky State Capitol in 2023

| body = Kentucky General Assembly

| state = Kentucky

| election =

| term_start = January 3, 2023

| term_end = March 30, 2023

| before = 2022

| after = 2024

| chamber1 = Senate

| membership1 = 38

| control1 = Republican

| chamber1_leader1_type = President

| chamber1_leader1 = Robert Stivers (R–25th)
Jan. 8, 2013 - present

| chamber1_leader2_type = Majority leader

| chamber1_leader2 = Damon Thayer (R–17th)
Jan. 8, 2013 - Jan. 1, 2025

| chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber1_leader3 = Gerald Neal (D–33rd)
Jan. 3, 2023 - present

| chamber2 = House of Representatives

| membership2 = 100

| control2 = Republican

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = David Osborne (R–59th)
Jan. 8, 2019 - present

| chamber2_leader2_type = Minority Leader

| chamber2_leader2 = Derrick Graham (D–57th)
Jan. 3, 2023 - Jan. 1, 2025

}}

The 2023 Kentucky General Assembly was a meeting of the Kentucky General Assembly, composed of the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives. It convened in Frankfort on January 3, 2023, and adjourned sine die on March 30, 2023. It was the fourth regular session of the legislature during the tenure of governor Andy Beshear.

Republicans maintained their majorities in both chambers following the 2022 elections for the senate and the house.

Major legislation

= Enacted =

  • [https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23rs/sb150.html SB 150]: An act relating to children (passed over veto)

Party summary

= Senate =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Overview of Senate membership by party

! rowspan="3" scope="col" | 

! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party

(shading shows control)

! rowspan="3" scope="col" |Total

! rowspan="3" scope="col" |Vacant

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

scope="col" |Democratic

! scope="col" |Republican

scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |End of previous session

|8

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |30

!38

|0

colspan="5" |
scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |Begin (January 3, 2023)

| rowspan="2" |6

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |31

!37

|1

scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |January 6, 2023

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |30

!36

|2

scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |March 2, 2023

| 7

!37

|1

scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |Final voting share

! {{Percentage|7|37|1|pad=yes}}

! {{Party shading/Republican}} | {{Percentage|30|37|1|pad=yes}}

! colspan="2" |

colspan="5" |
scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |Beginning of the next session

|7

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |31

!38

|0

= House of Representatives =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Overview of House membership by party

! rowspan="3" scope="col" | 

! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party

(shading shows control)

! rowspan="3" scope="col" |Total

! rowspan="3" scope="col" |Vacant

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

scope="col" |Democratic

! scope="col" |Republican

scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |End of previous session

|25

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |75

!100

|0

colspan="5" |
scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |Begin (January 3, 2023)

|20

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |80

!100

|0

scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |Final voting share

! {{Percentage|20|100|1|pad=yes}}

! {{Party shading/Republican}} | {{Percentage|80|100|1|pad=yes}}

! colspan="2" |

colspan="5" |
scope="row" style="font-size:85%" |Beginning of the next session

|20

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |79

!99

|1

Leadership

= Senate =

== Presiding ==

== Majority (Republican) ==

== Minority (Democratic) ==

= House of Representatives =

== Presiding ==

== Majority (Republican) ==

== Minority (Democratic) ==

Members

= Senate =

Senators in odd-numbered districts were elected in 2020, while senators in even-numbered districts were elected in 2022.

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: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Jason Howell (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Danny Carroll (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Whitney Westerfield (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}4. Robby Mills (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}5. Stephen Meredith (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}6. Lindsey Tichenor (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}7. Adrienne Southworth (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}8. Gary Boswell (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}9. David P. Givens (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}10. Matthew Deneen (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}11. John Schickel (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}12. Amanda Mays Bledsoe (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}13. Reggie Thomas (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}14. Jimmy Higdon (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}15. Rick Girdler (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}16. Max Wise (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}17. Damon Thayer (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}18. Robin L. Webb (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}19. Cassie Chambers Armstrong (D) {{small|(from March 2)}}

{{col-break}}

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}20. Gex Williams (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}21. Brandon J. Storm (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}22. Donald Douglas (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}23. Christian McDaniel (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}24. Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}25. Robert Stivers (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}26. Karen Berg (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}27. Steve West (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}28. Ralph Alvarado (R) {{small|(until January 6)}}

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}29. Johnnie Turner (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}30. Brandon Smith (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}31. Phillip Wheeler (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}32. Mike Wilson (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}33. Gerald Neal (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}34. Jared Carpenter (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}35. Denise Harper Angel (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}36. Julie Raque Adams (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}37. David Yates (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}38. Michael J. Nemes (R)

{{Col-break}}

[[File:2023 Kentucky Senate membership.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|{{center|Senate composition at the end of the session

{{Legend|#92C5DE|Held by Democrats}}

{{Legend|#F48882|Held by Republicans}}

{{Legend|#CDCDCD|Vacant}}

}}]]

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= House of Representatives =

All 100 house districts were last up for election in 2022.

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{{col-break}}

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Steven Rudy (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Richard Heath (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Randy Bridges (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}4. D. Wade Williams (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}5. Mary Beth Imes (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}6. Chris Freeland (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}7. Suzanne Miles (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}8. Walker Thomas (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}9. Myron Dossett (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}10. Josh Calloway (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}11. Jonathan Dixon (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}12. Jim Gooch (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}13. DJ Johnson (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}14. Scott Lewis (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}15. Rebecca Raymer (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}16. Jason Petrie (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}17. Robert Duvall (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}18. Samara Heavrin (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}19. Michael Meredith (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}20. Kevin Jackson (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}21. Amy Neighbors (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}22. Shawn McPherson (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}23. Steve Riley (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}24. Brandon Reed (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}25. Steve Bratcher (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}26. Russell Webber (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}27. Nancy Tate (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}28. Jared Bauman (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}29. Kevin Bratcher (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}30. Daniel Grossberg (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}31. Susan Tyler Witten (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}32. Tina Bojanowski (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}33. Jason Nemes (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}34. Sarah Stalker (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}35. Lisa Willner (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}36. John Hodgson (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}37. Emily Callaway (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}38. Rachel Roarx (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}39. Matt Lockett (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}40. Nima Kulkarni (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}41. Josie Raymond (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}42. Keturah Herron (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}43. Pamela Stevenson (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}44. Beverly Chester-Burton (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}45. Killian Timoney (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}46. Al Gentry (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}47. Felicia Rabourn (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}48. Ken Fleming (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}49. Thomas Huff (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}50. Candy Massaroni (R)

{{Col-break}}

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}51. Michael Pollock (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}52. Ken Upchurch (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}53. James Tipton (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}54. Daniel Elliott (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}55. Kim King (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}56. Daniel Fister (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}57. Derrick Graham (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}58. Jennifer Decker (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}59. David Osborne (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}60. Marianne Proctor (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}61. Savannah Maddox (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}62. Phillip Pratt (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}63. Kim Banta (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}64. Kimberly Poore Moser (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}65. Stephanie Dietz (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}66. Steve Rawlings (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}67. Rachel Roberts (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}68. Mike Clines (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}69. Steven Doan (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}70. William Lawrence (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}71. Josh Bray (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}72. Matthew Koch (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}73. Ryan Dotson (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}74. David Hale (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}75. Lindsey Burke (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}76. Ruth Ann Palumbo (D)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}77. George Brown Jr. (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}78. Mark Hart (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}79. Chad Aull (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}80. David Meade (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}81. Deanna Frazier (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}82. Nick Wilson (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}83. Josh Branscum (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}84. Chris Fugate (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}85. Shane Baker (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}86. Tom Smith (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}87. Adam Bowling (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}88. Cherlynn Stevenson (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}89. Timmy Truett (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}90. Derek Lewis (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}91. Billy Wesley (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}92. John Blanton (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}93. Lamin Swann (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}94. Jacob Justice (R)

: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}95. Ashley Tackett Laferty (D)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}96. Patrick Flannery (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}97. Bobby McCool (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}98. Danny Bentley (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}99. Richard White (R)

: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}100. Scott Sharp (R)

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[[File:Kyhouse2023.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|{{center|House composition by district

{{Legend|#92C5DE|Held by Democrats}}

{{Legend|#F48882|Held by Republicans}}

}}]]

{{col-end}}

Changes in membership

= Senate changes =

{{Ordinal US Congress change|Senate}}

|-

! 19

| data-sort-value="Aaaaa" | Vacant

| data-sort-value="January 3, 2023" | Incumbent Morgan McGarvey (D) resigned at the beginning of this session, having been elected to {{USHR|Kentucky|3}} in 2022.
A special election was held February 21, 2023.

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{nowrap|Cassie Chambers Armstrong}}
(D)

| March 2, 2023

|-

! 28

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | {{Sortname|Ralph|Alvarado}}
(R)

| data-sort-value="January 6, 2023" | Incumbent resigned January 6, 2023, to become Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health.{{cite news |author= |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Alvarado bids Kentucky Senate farewell, special election May 16 to choose his successor |url=https://kentuckylantern.com/briefs/alvarado-bids-kentucky-senate-farewell-special-election-may-16-to-choose-his-successor/ |work=The Kentucky Lantern |location=Frankfort, Kentucky |access-date=April 9, 2024}}
A special election was held May 16, 2023.

| colspan=2 align=center | Vacant until the next session

|}

= House of Representatives changes =

There were no changes in House of Representatives membership during this session.

Committees

= Senate committees =

class="wikitable"

!Committee

!Chair

!Vice Chair

Agriculture

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jason Howell

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Gary Boswell

Appropriations and Revenue

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Christian McDaniel

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Amanda Mays Bledsoe

Banking and Insurance

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jared Carpenter

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rick Girdler

Committee on Committees

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert Stivers

|none

Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Max Wise

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Phillip Wheeler

Education

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Steve West

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Gex Williams

Enrollment

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Amanda Mays Bledsoe

|none

Families and Children

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Danny Carroll

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Julie Raque Adams

Health and Services

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Stephen Meredith

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Donald Douglas

Judiciary

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Whitney Westerfield

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Phillip Wheeler

Licensing and Occupations

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |John Schickel

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Michael J. Nemes

Natural Resources and Energy

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Brandon Smith

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Johnnie Turner

Rules

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert Stivers

|none

State and Local Government

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Robby Mills

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Michael J. Nemes

Transportation

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jimmy Higdon

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Brandon J. Storm

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rick Girdler

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Matthew Deneen

= House of Representatives committees =

class="wikitable"

!Committee

!Chair

!Vice Chair(s)

Agriculture

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Richard Heath

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Daniel Fister

Appropriations and Revenue

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jason Petrie

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Adam Bowling and Josh Bray

Banking and Insurance

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Michael Meredith

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Matt Lockett and Michael Pollock

Committee on Committees

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |David Osborne

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |David Meade

Economic Development and Workforce Investment

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Josh Branscum

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas Huff

Education

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |James Tipton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Shane Baker and Timmy Truett

Elections, Const. Amendments, and Intergovermental Affairs

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Kevin Bratcher

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Josh Calloway

Enrollment

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas Huff

|none

Families and Children

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Samara Heavrin

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Steve Riley

Health Services

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Kimberly Poore Moser

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Ryan Dotson

Judiciary

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Daniel Elliott

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jennifer Decker

Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Matthew Koch

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Tom Smith

Local Government

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Randy Bridges

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Ken Fleming

Natural Resources and Energy

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jim Gooch

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Billy Wesley and Richard White

Rules

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |David Osborne

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |David Meade

Small Business and Information Technology

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Phillip Pratt

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |William Lawrence

State Government

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |David Hale

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Mary Beth Imes

Tourism and Outdoor Recreation

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Kim King

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Shawn McPherson

Transportation

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |John Blanton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jonathan Dixon

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Walker Thomas

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Sharp

See also

Notes

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References

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