The 2022 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 4, 2022, and adjourned sine die on April 14, 2022. It was the third regular session of the legislature during the tenure of governor Andy Beshear. The legislature convened again in August 2022 for an extraordinary session.
Republicans maintained their majorities in both chambers following the 2020 elections for the senate and the house.
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 August 24 to 26 to address flooding that had occurred in eastern Kentucky. A relief package totaling $213 million was approved.
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. Donald Douglas (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. Keturah Herron (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. Michael Pollock (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. Timmy Truett (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
There were no changes in Senate membership during this session.
House of Representatives changes
|- ! 42 | data-sort-value="Aaaaa" | Vacant | data-sort-value="January 4, 2022" | Incumbent Reginald Meeks (D) resigned before the beginning of this session.<br />A special election was held February 22, 2022. | |<br />(D) | February 28, 2022
Committees
Senate committees
House of Representatives committees
See also
Notes
References