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 5, 2017
Leadership
Speaker of the House	David Osborne (R) ; Since November 5, 2017
Speaker pro Tempore	David Osborne (R) ; Since January 5, 2017
Majority Leader	Jonathan Shell (R) ; Since January 5, 2017
Minority Leader	Rocky Adkins (D) ; Since January 5, 2017
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Majority Republican (63); Minority Democratic (37);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	The Legislative Department, Section 29, Kentucky Constitution
Salary	$186.73/day + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2018
Next election	November 3, 2020; (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. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The Kentucky House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Frankfort.

History[edit]

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, Kentucky 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 Representative. She took her seat January 1922 and was the first female legislator elected south of the Mason–Dixon line.^[1]

In 2017, the Republican party became the majority party in the House. ^[2] ^[3]

Powers and legislative process[edit]

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

Membership[edit]

Current composition[edit]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature	47	53	100	0

Begin 2017 Session	64	36	100	0
December 13, 2017^[4]	63		99	1
December 31, 2017^[5]	62		98	2
February 20, 2018^[6]	62	37	99	1
February 27, 2018^[7]	63	37	100	0
Latest voting share	7001630000000000000♠63%	7001370000000000000♠37%

Terms and qualifications[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	David Osborne	Republican	Prospect	59
Speaker pro tempore	David Osborne	Republican	Prospect	59
Majority Floor Leader	Jonathan Shell	Republican	Lancaster	71
Majority Whip	Chad McCoy	Republican	Bardstown	50
Majority Caucus Chair	David Meade	Republican	Stanford	80
Minority Floor Leader	Rocky Adkins	Democratic	Sandy Hook	99
Minority Whip	Wilson Stone	Democratic	Scottsville	22
Minority Caucus Chair	Dennis Keene	Democratic	Wilder	67

Current membership[edit]

District	Representative	Party	Hometown	County(ies)	Elected	Committee Chair	Vice Chair
1	Steven Rudy	Rep	West Paducah	Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, McCracken	2005	Appropriations & Revenue
2	Richard Heath	Rep	Mayfield	Graves, McCracken	2012	Agriculture
3	Gerald Watkins	Dem	Paducah	McCracken	2013
4	Lynn Bechler	Rep	Marion	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken	2013
5	Kenny Imes	Rep	Murray	Calloway, Trigg	2013	Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs	State Government
6	Will Coursey	Dem	Benton	Lyon, Marshall, McCracken	2008
7	Suzanne Miles†	Rep	Owensboro	Daviess, Henderson, Union	2013
8	Walker Thomas	Rep	Hopkinsville	Christian, Trigg	2017		Transportation
9	Myron Dossett	Rep	Pembroke	Christian	2007
10	Ben Waide	Rep	Madisonville	Hopkins	2011
11	Robbie Mills	Rep	Henderson	Henderson	2017		Transportation
12	Jim Gooch	Rep	Providence	Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster	1995	Natural Resources & Energy
13	DJ Johnson	Rep	Owensboro	Daviess	2017		Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs, Local Government
14	Matt Castlen	Rep	Maceo	Daviess, Ohio	2017
15	Melinda Gibbons Prunty	Rep	Belton	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg	2017		Health and Family Services
16	Jason Petrie	Rep	Elkton	Logan, Todd	2017		Judiciary
17	Jim DeCesare	Rep	Morgantown	Butler, Grayson, Hardin	2005
18	Dean Schamore	Dem	Hardinsburg	Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin	2014
19	Michael Meredith	Rep	Brownsville	Edmonson, Hart, LaRue	2011
20	Jody Richards	Dem	Bowling Green	Warren	1976
21	Bart Rowland	Rep	Tompkinsville	Hardin (Part), Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe	2012	Banking & Insurance
22	Wilson Stone	Dem	Scottsville	Allen, Simpson, Warren	2009
23	Steve Riley	Rep	Glasgow	Barren, Warren	2017		Education
24	Brandon Reed	Rep	Hodgenville	Larue, Marion, Pulaski	2016
25	Jim DuPlessis	Rep	Elizabethtown	Hardin	2014
26	Tim Moore	Rep	Elizabethtown	Hardin	2007	Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
27	Jeff Greer	Dem	Brandenburg	Bullitt, Meade, Hardin	2007
28	Charles Miller	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	1998
29	Kevin Bratcher	Rep	Louisville	Jefferson	1997
30	Tom Burch	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	1978 (1972–75)
31	Steve Riggs	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	1991
32	Phil Moffett	Rep	Louisville	Jefferson	2015
33	Jason Nemes	Rep	Louisville	Jefferson	2017
34	Mary Lou Marzian	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	1994
35	Jim Wayne	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	1991
36	Jerry T Miller	Rep	Louisville	Garrard, Madison	2015	State Government
37	Jeffery Donohue	Dem	Fairdale	Jefferson	2013
38	McKenzie Cantrell	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	2017
39	Russell Meyer	Dem	Nicholasville	Jessamine, Fayette	2014
40	Dennis Horlander	Dem	Shively	Jefferson	1996
41	Attica Scott	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	2017
42	Reginald Meeks	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	2001
43	Darryl T. Owens	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	2005
44	Joni Jenkins	Dem	Shively	Jefferson	1995		Labor & Industry
45	Stan Lee	Rep	Lexington	Fayette	2001
46	Larry Clark	Dem	Louisville	Jefferson	1984
47	Rick Rand	Dem	Bedford	Carroll, Henry, Oldham, Trimble	2003
48	Ken Fleming	Rep	Louisville	Jefferson, Oldham	2017		Appropriations & Revenue
49	Linda Belcher†	Dem	Shepherdsville	Bullitt	2018
50	D. Chad McCoy	Rep	Bardstown	Nelson	2016		Licensing, Occupations, and Admin Regs
51	John "Bam" Carney	Rep	Campbellsville	Adair, Taylor	2009	Education
52	Ken Upchurch†	Rep	Monticello	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	2013	Transportation
53	James Tipton	Rep	Tompkinsville	Anderson, Bullitt, Spencer	2015
54	Daniel Elliott†	Rep	Gravel Switch	Boyle, Casey	2016		Economic Development & Workforce Investment
55	Kim King	Rep	Harrodsburg	Anderson, Mercer, Spencer	2011
56	James Kay†	Dem	Versailles	Fayette, Franklin, Woodford	2013
57	Derrick Graham	Dem	Frankfort	Franklin	2003
58	Rob Rothenburger	Rep	Shelbyville	Shelby	2017	Local Government
59	David Osborne	Rep	Prospect	Jefferson, Oldham	2005
60	Sal Santoro	Rep	Florence	Boone	2007
61	Brian Linder	Rep	Dry Ridge	Gallatin, Grant, Owen	2012
62	Philip Pratt	Rep	Georgetown	Fayette, Owen, Scott	2017	Economic Development & Workforce Investment
63	Diane St. Onge	Rep	Lakeside Park	Kenton	2013	Small Business & Information Technology
64	Kimberly Poore Moser	Rep	Taylor Mill	Campbell, Kenton	2017
65	Arnold Simpson	Dem	Covington	Kenton	1994
66	Addia Wuchner	Rep	Burlington	Boone	2005	Health & Family Services
67	Dennis Keene	Dem	Wilder	Campbell	2005
68	Joseph M. Fischer	Rep	Ft. Thomas	Campbell	1999	Judiciary
69	Adam Koenig	Rep	Erlanger	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	2007	Licensing, Occupations, and Admin Regs
70	John Sims Jr.	Dem	Maysville	Bracken, Fleming, Mason, Robertson	2017
71	Jonathan Shell	Rep	West Liberty	Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe	2013		Committee on Committees, Rules
72	Sannie Overly	Dem	Paris	Bath, Bourbon, Fayette, Nicholas	2008
73	Donna Mayfield	Rep	Winchester	Clark, Madison	2011	Enrollment	Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
74	David Hale	Rep	Jeffersonville	Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	2015		Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
75	Kelly Flood	Dem	Lexington	Fayette	2009
76	Ruth Ann Palumbo	Dem	Lexington	Fayette	1991
77	George Brown Jr	Dem	Lexington	Fayette	2015
78	Mark Hart	Rep	Cynthiana	Harrison, Pendleton, Scott	2017		Agriculture
79	Susan Westrom	Dem	Lexington	Fayette	1999
80	David Meade	Rep	Stanford	Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle	2013
81	C. Wesley Morgan	Rep	Richmond	Madison	2017
82	Regina Huff	Rep	Williamsburg	Laurel, Whitley	2011
83	Jeff Hoover	Rep	Jamestown	Clinton, Pulaski, Russell	1997
84	Chris Fugate	Rep	Chavies	Harlan, Perry	2017		Natural Resources & Energy
85	Tommy Turner	Rep	Somerset	Laurel, Pulaski	1997	Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
86	Jim Stewart	Rep	Flat Lick	Knox, Laurel	1997
87	Rick G. Nelson	Dem	Middlesboro	Bell, Harlan	2001
88	Robert Benvenuti III	Rep	Lexington	Fayette	2013
89	Robert Goforth†	Rep			2018
90	Tim Couch	Rep	Hyden	Clay, Harlan, Leslie	2003
91	Toby Herald	Rep	Beattyville	Breathitt, Estill, Lee	2013
92	John Blanton	Rep	Hindman	Knott, Magoffin, Pike	2017
93	Chris Harris	Dem	Belfry	Pike, Martin	2015
94	Angie Hatton	Dem	Whitesburg	Letcher, Pike	2017
95	Larry Brown	Rep	Prestonsburg	Floyd	2017		Small Business & Information Technology
96	Jill York	Rep	Grayson	Carter, Lewis	2009
97	Scott Wells	Rep	Wittensville	Floyd, Johnson, Morgan, Wolfe	2017		Banking & Insurance
98	Danny Bentley	Rep	Russell	Boyd, Greenup	2017
99	Rocky Adkins	Dem	Sandy Hook	Boyd, Elliott, Lawrence, Rowan	1987
100	Kevin Sinnette	Dem	Ashland	Boyd	2009

† Winner of a special election

Past composition of the House of Representatives[edit]

References[edit]

^ 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 11 March 2010.
^ Gerth, Joseph (8 November 2015). "Ky. Dems guard against efforts to flip House". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ Warren, Michael (30 November 2016). "Democrats Lose a Southern Holdout". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ Republican Dan Johnson (District 49), committed suicide after sexual harassment allegations against him [1]
^ Republican Marie Rader (District 89) resigning effective Dec. 31 [2]
^ Democrat Linda H. Belcher was elected to District 49 [3]
^ Republican Robert Goforth was elected to District 89. [4]

External links[edit]

Legislative Research Commission

[kyencyclopedia-1] 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 11 March 2010.

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

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

[4] Republican Dan Johnson (District 49), committed suicide after sexual harassment allegations against him [1]

[5] Republican Marie Rader (District 89) resigning effective Dec. 31 [2]

[6] Democrat Linda H. Belcher was elected to District 49 [3]

[7] Republican Robert Goforth was elected to District 89. [4]

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Speaker of the House: David Osborne, acting (R) Speaker pro Tempore: David Osborne (R) Majority Leader: Jonathan Shell (R) Minority Leader: Rocky Adkins (D)
Steven Rudy (R) Richard Heath (R) Gerald Watkins (D) Lynn Bechler (R) Kenny Imes (R) Will Coursey (D) Suzanne Miles (R) Walker Thomas (R) Myron Dossett (R) Dean Schamore (D) Robby Mills (R) Jim Gooch, Jr. (R) DJ Johnson (R) Matt Castlen (R) Melinda Gibbons Prunty (R) Jason Petrie (R) Jim DeCesare (R) Tim Moore (R) Michael Meredith (R) Jody Richards (D) Bart Rowland (R) Wilson Stone (D) Steve Riley (R) William Reed (R) Jim DuPlessis (R) Russell Webber (R) Jeff Greer (D) Charles Miller (D) Kevin Bratcher (R) Thomas Burch (D) Steve Riggs (D) Phil Moffett (R) Jason Nemes (R) Mary Lou Marzian (D) Jim Wayne (D) Jerry T. Miller (R) Jeffery Donohue (D) McKenzie Cantrell (D) Russ A. Meyer (D) Dennis Horlander (D) Attica Scott (D) Reginald Meeks (D) Darryl Owens (D) Joni Jenkins (D) Stan Lee (R) Al Gentry (D) Rick Rand (D) Ken Fleming (R) Vacant D. Chad McCoy (R) John Carney (R) Ken Upchurch (R) James Tipton (R) Daniel Elliott (R) Kim King (R) James Kay (D) Derrick Graham (D) Rob Rothenburger (R) David Osborne (R) Sal Santoro (R) Brian Linder (R) Phillip Pratt (R) Diane St. Onge (R) Kimberly Poore Moser (R) Arnold Simpson (D) Addia Wuchner (R) Dennis Keene (D) Joseph Fischer (R) Adam Koenig (R) John Sims, Jr (D) Jonathan Shell (R) Sannie Overly (D) Donna Mayfield (R) David Hale (R) Kelly Flood (D) Ruth Ann Palumbo (D) George Brown Jr. (D) Mark Hart (R) Susan Westrom (D) David Meade (R) C. Wesley Morgan (R) Regina Bunch (R) Jeff Hoover (R) Chris Fugate (R) Tommy Turner (R) Jim Stewart (R) Rick Nelson (D) Robert Benvenuti (R) Marie Rader (R) Tim Couch (R) Toby Herald (R) John Blanton (R) Chris Harris (D) Angie Hatton (D) Larry Brown (R) Jill York (R) William Wells (R) Danny Bentley (R) Rocky Adkins (D) Kevin Sinnette (D)
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History[edit]

Powers and legislative process[edit]

Membership[edit]

Current composition[edit]

Terms and qualifications[edit]

Leadership[edit]

Leaders[edit]

Current membership[edit]

Past composition of the House of Representatives[edit]

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References[edit]

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