The 2021 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 5, 2021, and adjourned sine die on March 30, 2021. It was the second regular session of the legislature during the tenure of governor Andy Beshear. The legislature convened again in September 2021 for an extraordinary session.
Republicans maintained their majorities in both chambers following the 2020 elections for the senate and the house.
During this session, the General Assembly approved two constitutional amendments that were voted on in November 2022, including the No Right to Abortion Amendment.
Major legislation
Enacted
House bills
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
Presiding
Majority (Republican)
Minority (Democratic)
House of Representatives
Presiding
Majority (Republican)
Minority (Democratic)
Extraordinary session
The legislature was convened by governor Andy Beshear from September 7 to 9 following a ruling of the Kentucky Supreme Court that his state of emergency regarding the COVID-19 pandemic required the approval of the legislature. The General Assembly approved the state of emergency, but banned Beshear from instituting mask mandates.
Members
Senate
Senators in odd-numbered districts were elected in 2020, while senators in even-numbered districts were elected in 2018.
1. Jason Howell (R)
2. Danny Carroll (R)
3. Whitney Westerfield (R)
4. Robby Mills (R)
5. Stephen Meredith (R)
6. C. B. Embry (R)
7. Adrienne Southworth (R)
8. Matt Castlen (R)
9. David P. Givens (R)
10. Dennis Parrett (D)
11. John Schickel (R)
12. Alice Forgy Kerr (R)
13. Reggie Thomas (D)
14. Jimmy Higdon (R)
15. Rick Girdler (R)
16. Max Wise (R)
17. Damon Thayer (R)
18. Robin L. Webb (D)
19. Morgan McGarvey (D)
20. Paul Hornback (R)
21. Brandon J. Storm (R)
22. Tom Buford (R)
23. Christian McDaniel (R)
24. Wil Schroder (R)
25. Robert Stivers (R)
26. Karen Berg (D)
27. Steve West (R)
28. Ralph Alvarado (R)
29. Johnnie Turner (R)
30. Brandon Smith (R)
31. Phillip Wheeler (R)
32. Mike Wilson (R)
33. Gerald Neal (D)
34. Jared Carpenter (R)
35. Denise Harper Angel (D)
36. Julie Raque Adams (R)
37. David Yates (D)
38. Michael J. Nemes (R)
House of Representatives
All 100 house districts were last up for election in 2020.
1. Steven Rudy (R)
2. Richard Heath (R)
3. Randy Bridges (R)
4. Lynn Bechler (R)
5. Mary Beth Imes (R)
6. Chris Freeland (R)
7. Suzanne Miles (R)
8. Walker Thomas (R)
9. Myron Dossett (R)
10. Josh Calloway (R)
11. Jonathan Dixon (R)
12. Jim Gooch Jr. (R)
13. DJ Johnson (R)
14. Scott Lewis (R)
15. Melinda Gibbons Prunty (R)
16. Jason Petrie (R)
17. Steve Sheldon (R)
18. Samara Heavrin (R)
19. Michael Meredith (R)
20. Patti Minter (D)
21. Bart Rowland (R)
22. Shawn McPherson (R)
23. Steve Riley (R)
24. Brandon Reed (R)
25. Jim DuPlessis (R)
26. Russell Webber (R)
27. Nancy Tate (R)
28. Charles Miller (D)
29. Kevin Bratcher (R)
30. Tom Burch (D)
31. Josie Raymond (D)
32. Tina Bojanowski (D)
33. Jason Nemes (R)
34. Mary Lou Marzian (D)
35. Lisa Willner (D)
36. Jerry T. Miller (R)
37. Jeffery Donohue (D)
38. McKenzie Cantrell (D)
39. Matt Lockett (R)
40. Nima Kulkarni (D)
41. Attica Scott (D)
42. Reginald Meeks (D)
43. Pamela Stevenson (D)
44. Joni Jenkins (D)
45. Killian Timoney (R)
46. Al Gentry (D)
47. Felicia Rabourn (R)
48. Ken Fleming (R)
49. Thomas Huff (R)
50. Chad McCoy (R)
51. John Carney (R)
52. Ken Upchurch (R)
53. James Tipton (R)
54. Daniel Elliott (R)
55. Kim King (R)
56. Daniel Fister (R)
57. Derrick Graham (D)
58. Jennifer Decker (R)
59. David Osborne (R)
60. Sal Santoro (R)
61. Savannah Maddox (R)
62. Phillip Pratt (R)
63. Kim Banta (R)
64. Kimberly Poore Moser (R)
65. Buddy Wheatley (D)
66. C. Ed Massey (R)
67. Rachel Roberts (D)
68. Joseph Fischer (R)
69. Adam Koenig (R)
70. William Lawrence (R)
71. Josh Bray (R)
72. Matthew Koch (R)
73. Ryan Dotson (R)
74. David Hale (R)
75. Kelly Flood (D)
76. Ruth Ann Palumbo (D)
77. George Brown Jr. (D)
78. Mark Hart (R)
79. Susan Westrom (D)
80. David Meade (R)
81. Deanna Frazier (R)
82. Regina Bunch (R)
83. Josh Branscum (R)
84. Chris Fugate (R)
85. Shane Baker (R)
86. Tom Smith (R)
87. Adam Bowling (R)
88. Cherlynn Stevenson (D)
89. Robert Goforth (R)
90. Derek Lewis (R)
91. Bill Wesley (R)
92. John Blanton (R)
93. Norma Kirk-McCormick (R)
94. Angie Hatton (D)
95. Ashley Tackett Laferty (D)
96. Patrick Flannery (R)
97. Bobby McCool (R)
98. Danny Bentley (R)
99. Richard White (R)
100. Scott Sharp (R)
Changes in membership
Senate changes
|- ! 22 | | <br />(R) | data-sort-value="July 6, 2021" | Incumbent died July 6, 2021.<br />A special election was held November 2, 2021. | colspan=2 align=center | Vacant until the next session
House of Representatives changes
|- ! 51 | | <br />(R) | data-sort-value="July 17, 2021" | Incumbent died July 17, 2021.<br />A special election was held November 2, 2021. | colspan=2 align=center | Vacant until the next session |- ! 89 | | <br />(R) | data-sort-value="August 24, 2021" | Incumbent resigned August 24, 2021.<br />A special election was held November 2, 2021. | colspan=2 align=center | Vacant until the next session
Committees
Senate committees
House of Representatives committees
See also
Notes
References