Kentucky House of Representatives | |
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Kentucky General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 2, 2024 (adjourned) |
Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 100 |
Political groups | |
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.
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.
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Section 47 of the Constitution of Kentucky stipulates that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the state House of Representatives.
Session | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
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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% |
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.
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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.
Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
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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 |
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