# Kentucky House of Representatives

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

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.
In 2017, the Republicans became the majority party in the House. They now hold a four-fifths supermajority in the chamber.

## Powers and legislative process

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

## Membership
### Current composition

| Session | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Session | Republican | Democratic | Total | Vacant |
| 2015 session | 46 | 54 | 100 | 0 |
| 2016 session | 46 | 50 | 96 | 4 |
| 2017 session | 64 | 36 | 100 | 0 |
| 2018 session | 62 | 36 | 98 | 2 |
| 2019 session | 61 | 39 | 100 | 0 |
| 2020 session | 61 | 37 | 98 | 2 |
| 2021 session | 75 | 25 | 100 | 0 |
| 2022 session | 75 | 24 | 99 | 1 |
| 2023 session | 80 | 20 | 100 | 0 |
| 2024 session | 78 | 20 | 98 | 2 |
| Begin 2025 session | 80 | 20 | 100 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 80% | 20% | | |

### Terms and qualifications

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

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

| Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
| 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 | Pamela Stevenson | Democratic | Louisville | 43 |
| Minority Whip | Lindsey Burke | Democratic | Lexington | 75 |
| Minority Caucus Chair | Al Gentry | Democratic | Louisville | 46 |

### List of current representatives

| District | Name | Party | Since | Residence | Counties represented |
| 1 | Steven Rudy | Republican | 2005 | Paducah | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken |
| 2 | Kim Holloway | Republican | 2025 | Mayfield | Graves, McCracken |
| 3 | Randy Bridges | Republican | 2019 | Paducah | Livingston, McCracken |
| 4 | Wade Williams | Republican | 2023 | Earlington | Hopkins |
| 5 | Mary Beth Imes | Republican | 2021 | Murray | Calloway, Trigg |
| 6 | Chris Freeland | Republican | 2019 | Benton | Lyon, Marshall, McCracken |
| 7 | Suzanne Miles | Republican | 2013 | Owensboro | Daviess |
| 8 | Walker Thomas | Republican | 2017 | Hopkinsville | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg |
| 9 | Myron Dossett | Republican | 2007 | Pembroke | Christian |
| 10 | Josh Calloway | Republican | 2021 | Irvington | Breckinridge, Hardin |
| 11 | J. T. Payne | Republican | 2025 | Henderson | Henderson |
| 12 | Jim Gooch Jr. | Republican | 1995 | Providence | Crittenden, McLean, Union, Webster |
| 13 | DJ Johnson | Republican | 2021 | Owensboro | Daviess |
| 14 | Scott Lewis | Republican | 2019 | Hartford | Daviess, Hancock, Ohio |
| 15 | Rebecca Raymer | Republican | 2023 | Morgantown | Butler, Muhlenberg |
| 16 | Jason Petrie | Republican | 2017 | Elkton | Christian, Logan, Todd |
| 17 | Robert Duvall | Republican | 2023 | Bowling Green | Warren |
| 18 | Samara Heavrin | Republican | 2019 | Leitchfield | Grayson, Hardin |
| 19 | Michael Meredith | Republican | 2011 | Oakland | Edmonson, Warren |
| 20 | Kevin Jackson | Republican | 2023 | Bowling Green | Warren |
| 21 | Amy Neighbors | Republican | 2023 | Edmonton | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe |
| 22 | Shawn McPherson | Republican | 2021 | Scottsville | Allen, Simpson, Warren |
| 23 | Steve Riley | Republican | 2017 | Glasgow | Barren |
| 24 | Ryan Bivens | Republican | 2025 | Hodgenville | Green, Hart, LaRue |
| 25 | Steve Bratcher | Republican | 2023 | Elizabethtown | Hardin |
| 26 | Peyton Griffee | Republican | 2024 | Mount Washington | Bullitt, Hardin |
| 27 | Nancy Tate | Republican | 2019 | Brandenburg | Hardin, Meade |
| 28 | Jared Bauman | Republican | 2023 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 29 | Chris Lewis | Republican | 2025 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 30 | Daniel Grossberg | Democratic | 2023 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 31 | Susan Witten | Republican | 2023 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 32 | Tina Bojanowski | Democratic | 2019 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 33 | Jason Nemes | Republican | 2017 | Middletown | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby |
| 34 | Sarah Stalker | Democratic | 2023 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 35 | Lisa Willner | Democratic | 2019 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 36 | John Hodgson | Republican | 2023 | Fisherville | Jefferson |
| 37 | Emily Callaway | Republican | 2023 | Louisville | Bullitt, Jefferson |
| 38 | Rachel Roarx | Democratic | 2023 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 39 | Matt Lockett | Republican | 2021 | Nicholasville | Fayette, Jessamine |
| 40 | Nima Kulkarni | Democratic | 2019 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 41 | Mary Lou Marzian | Democratic | 2025 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 42 | Joshua Watkins | Democratic | 2025 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 43 | Pamela Stevenson | Democratic | 2021 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 44 | Beverly Chester-Burton | Democratic | 2023 | Shively | Jefferson |
| 45 | Adam Moore | Democratic | 2025 | Lexington | Fayette, Jessamine |
| 46 | Al Gentry | Democratic | 2017 | Louisville | Jefferson |
| 47 | Felicia Rabourn | Republican | 2021 | Turners Station | Carroll, Henry, Owen, Trimble |
| 48 | Ken Fleming | Republican | 2021 | Louisville | Jefferson, Oldham |
| 49 | Thomas Huff | Republican | 2019 | Shepherdsville | Bullitt |
| 50 | Candy Massaroni | Republican | 2023 | Bardstown | Nelson |
| 51 | Michael Sarge Pollock | Republican | 2021 | Campbellsville | Marion, Taylor |
| 52 | Ken Upchurch | Republican | 2013 | Monticello | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne |
| 53 | James Tipton | Republican | 2015 | Taylorsville | Anderson, Spencer |
| 54 | Daniel Elliott | Republican | 2016 | Danville | Boyle, Casey |
| 55 | Kim King | Republican | 2011 | Harrodsburg | Jessamine, Mercer, Washington |
| 56 | Daniel Fister | Republican | 2021 | Versailles | Franklin, Jessamine, Woodford |
| 57 | Erika Hancock | Democratic | 2025 | Frankfort | Franklin |
| 58 | Jennifer Decker | Republican | 2021 | Waddy | Shelby |
| 59 | David W. Osborne | Republican | 2005 | Prospect | Oldham |
| 60 | Marianne Proctor | Republican | 2023 | Union | Boone |
| 61 | Savannah Maddox | Republican | 2019 | Dry Ridge | Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton |
| 62 | Tony Hampton | Republican | 2025 | Georgetown | Scott |
| 63 | Kim Banta | Republican | 2019 | Fort Mitchell | Boone, Kenton |
| 64 | Kimberly Poore Moser | Republican | 2017 | Taylor Mill | Kenton |
| 65 | Stephanie Dietz | Republican | 2023 | Edgewood | Kenton |
| 66 | T. J. Roberts | Republican | 2025 | Burlington | Boone |
| 67 | Matthew Lehman | Democratic | 2025 | Newport | Campbell |
| 68 | Mike Clines | Republican | 2023 | Alexandria | Campbell |
| 69 | Steven Doan | Republican | 2023 | Erlanger | Boone, Kenton |
| 70 | William Lawrence | Republican | 2021 | Maysville | Bracken, Harrison, Mason, Robertson |
| 71 | Josh Bray | Republican | 2021 | Mount Vernon | Laurel, Madison, Pulaski, Rockcastle |
| 72 | Matthew Koch | Republican | 2019 | Paris | Bourbon, Fleming, Nicholas |
| 73 | Ryan Dotson | Republican | 2021 | Winchester | Clark, Fayette |
| 74 | David Hale | Republican | 2015 | Wellington | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery |
| 75 | Lindsey Burke | Democratic | 2023 | Lexington | Fayette |
| 76 | Anne Donworth | Democratic | 2025 | Lexington | Fayette |
| 77 | George Brown Jr. | Democratic | 2015 | Lexington | Fayette |
| 78 | Mark Hart | Republican | 2017 | Falmouth | Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton |
| 79 | Chad Aull | Democratic | 2023 | Lexington | Fayette |
| 80 | David Meade | Republican | 2013 | Stanford | Garrard, Lincoln, Pulaski |
| 81 | Deanna Frazier Gordon | Republican | 2019 | Richmond | Madison |
| 82 | Nick Wilson | Republican | 2023 | Williamsburg | Laurel, Whitley |
| 83 | Josh Branscum | Republican | 2021 | Russell Springs | Clinton, Pulaski, Russell |
| 84 | Chris Fugate | Republican | 2017 | Chavies | Breathitt, Owsley, Perry |
| 85 | Shane Baker | Republican | 2021 | Somerset | Laurel, Pulaski |
| 86 | Tom Smith | Republican | 2021 | Corbin | Knox, Laurel |
| 87 | Adam Bowling | Republican | 2019 | Middlesboro | Bell, Harlan |
| 88 | Vanessa Grossl | Republican | 2025 | Georgetown | Fayette, Scott |
| 89 | Timmy Truett | Republican | 2021 | McKee | Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Madison, Wolfe |
| 90 | Derek Lewis | Republican | 2019 | London | Clay, Laurel, Leslie |
| 91 | Bill Wesley | Republican | 2021 | Ravenna | Estill, Madison, Powell |
| 92 | John Blanton | Republican | 2017 | Salyersville | Knott, Magoffin, Pike |
| 93 | Adrielle Camuel | Democratic | 2023 | Lexington | Fayette |
| 94 | Mitch Whitaker | Republican | 2025 | Fleming-Neon | Harlan, Letcher, Pike |
| 95 | Ashley Tackett Laferty | Democratic | 2019 | Martin | Floyd, Pike |
| 96 | Patrick Flannery | Republican | 2021 | Olive Hill | Boyd, Carter, Lewis |
| 97 | Bobby McCool | Republican | 2019 | Van Lear | Johnson, Martin, Pike |
| 98 | Aaron Thompson | Republican | 2025 | Ashland | Boyd, Greenup |
| 99 | Richard White | Republican | 2020 | Morehead | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan |
| 100 | Scott Sharp | Republican | 2021 | Ashland | Boyd, Lawrence |

### Seating chart

| | | | | Miles | Bray | Bridges | Petrie | | Pollock | Thomas | Sharp | Flannery | | | | |
| | | Elliott | Bowling | Bauman | Willner | Jackson | McPherson | | Fleming | Duvall | Stalker | Wesley | Truett | Fugate | | |
| | Hodgson | Bivens | Burke | Massaroni | Osborne | Fister | Riley | | Upchurch | Raymer | Aull | Roberts | Grossl | Frazier Gordon | D. Lewis | |
| | | McCool | Calloway | Proctor | Griffee | Rabourn | Rudy | | Hale | Clines | Thompson | Moore | Lawrence | Branscum | | |
| Smith | Blanton | | Stevenson | Gentry | Whitaker | Bojanowski | S. Lewis | | Heavrin | Witten | Hancock | Maddox | Meade | | Koch | Banta |
| Huff | Dietz | Moser | | Dotson | Tate | Neighbors | Wilson | | Gooch | Kulkarni | C. Lewis | Nemes | | Freeland | Watkins | Meredith |
| Marzian | Doan | Callaway | Hart | | Baker | Lehman | Johnson | | Lockett | Tackett Laferty | White | | King | Roarx | Hampton | Tipton |
| | Dossett | Donworth | Chester-Burton | Brown | | Imes | Decker | | Holloway | Camuel | | Bratcher | Payne | Grossberg | Williams | |
| | | | | | | | Speaker Osborne | Speaker Osborne | Speaker Osborne | | | | | | | |