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Legislator > Chris Fugate
State Representative
Chris Fugate
(R) - Kentucky
Kentucky House District 084
In Office - Started: 01/01/2017
contact info
Chavies Office
P.O. Box 202
Chavies, KY 41727
Chavies, KY 41727
Phone: 606-233-5660
Capitol Address
702 Capital Ave.
Frankfort, KY 40601
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-8100
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB136 | AN ACT relating to corrections. | Amend KRS 439.3103 to require the Department of Corrections to include in its report certain data on time served by persons released from a correctional institution and on persons released from a correctional institution on parole; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB240 | AN ACT relating to primary school. | Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional year if he or she did not make adequate progress in kindergarten; prohibit a school from requiring a student who turns seven by August 1 to remain in kindergarten; require the school to reevaluate the reading improvement plan of any student remaining in kindergarten; allow a student provided an additional year in kindergarten to advance through the primary program when it is determined to be in the student's best interest. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR15 | A JOINT RESOLUTION to return for permanent display on the New State Capitol grounds the granite Ten Commandments monument given to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1971 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. | A JOINT RESOLUTION to return for permanent display on the New State Capitol grounds the granite Ten Commandments monument given to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1971 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB520 | AN ACT relating to law enforcement records. | Amend KRS 61.878, relating to open records, to provide that law enforcement records shall be exempt from public inspection if the disclosure of the information could pose an articulable risk of harm to the law enforcement agency or its investigtion by revealing the identity of informants or witnesses not otherwise known. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB495 | AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against mental health care professionals, mental health care institutions, and ordained ministry for providing protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against individuals for offering information, training, and referrals for protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against parents and guardians who consent to their child receiving protected counseling services; prohibit reporting of a mental health care professional or mental health care institution to a hiring or licensing authority solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; prohibit a hiring or licensing authority from investigating a mental health care professional or mental health care institution solely on the basis that it provides protected counseling services; establish a civil cause of action for a person injured by a violation; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mental Health Counseling Protection Act; EMERGENCY. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB208 | AN ACT relating to technology in public schools. | Amend KRS 158.165 to require local boards of education to adopt a policy to, at a minimum, prohibit student use of a personal telecommunications device during the school day with specific exceptions; amend KRS 156.675 to include social media in prohibited material to be made inaccessible through school technology and provide the scope of social media to be prohibited. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB15 | AN ACT relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency. | Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; EMERGENCY. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB537 | AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund. | Amend KRS 15.293 to include in the opioid abatement trust fund money received by order of a court in connection with any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy against any entity engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids; remove expired citation references to specific defendants; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the mechanism for distribution of funds received under specified circumstances; amend KRS 15.291 to conform. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB30 | AN ACT relating to public employee benefits. | Amend KRS 61.598 to exempt from the pension spiking provisions any increases in rates of pay authorized or funded by the legislative or administrative body of an employer or mandated in a collective bargaining agreement approved by the legislative body of the employer that are provided to members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR81 | A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to assist with the prevention and mitigation of flood damage in Kentucky. | A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to assist with the prevention and mitigation of flood damage in Kentucky. | Dead |
| HB519 | AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units. | Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from authorizing any decommissioning surcharge or recovery of any retirement or stranded asset costs through rates for a utility that has received approval from the commission to retire a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit in which the utility has any undepreciated investment. | Dead |
| HB804 | AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax holiday. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a 10-day sales and use tax holiday from April 5 to April 15 each year to exempt firearm safety devices and firearm storage devices; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB761 | AN ACT relating to relating to motor vehicle licensing and registration procedures. | Amend KRS 186.020 to allow members of the National Guard or Reserves that are stationed or assigned to a base or location outside the boundaries of the United States, to renew their registration within 30 days of his or her return; allow an individual serving in the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or Reserves to renew their motor vehicle registration up to 280 days prior to its expiration if the person will be outside the boundaries of the Commonwealth when the current motor vehicle registration expires; require the applicant to provide military orders documenting the need for early vehicle registration; amend KRS 186.416 to allow an individual serving in the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or Reserves or their spouse to renew their operator's license up to 280 days prior to its expiration if the person will be outside the boundaries of the Commonwealth when the operator's license expires; require the applicant to provide military orders documenting the need for early operator's license renewal; allows a resident of the National Guard or Reserves that has been stationed or assigned to a base or other location outside the boundaries of the Commonwealth to renew his or her operator's license within 90 days of returning to the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| HB629 | AN ACT relating to providing health services to a person who is not vaccinated. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to prohibit the refusal to provide health services to a person who has not been vaccinated. | Dead |
| HB784 | AN ACT relating to virtual programs and declaring an emergency. | Define "virtual program"; place an enrollment cap on virtual programs for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year and the entirety of the 2025-2026 school year; EMERGENCY. | Dead |
| HB3 | AN ACT relating to reimbursement for pharmacist services. | Amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid and KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement requirements established in KRS 304.12-237; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the department to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; and require the cabinet to comply with KRS 205.525. | Dead |
| HB277 | AN ACT relating to the mental health of first responders. | Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Commission to enter into an agreement to ensure that rescue squad members have access to the program. | Dead |
| HB453 | AN ACT relating to the exemption of churches from sales and use taxes. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to exempt religious institutions from sales and use tax; amend KRS 139.200 and 139.495 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB161 | AN ACT relating to identity documents. | Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; set forth minimum standards for third-party issuance; and allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided. | Dead |
| HB397 | AN ACT relating to human growth and development instruction. | Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials and opt their child out of instruction; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Olivia Act. | Dead |
| HB1 | AN ACT relating to the individual income tax rate. | Amend KRS 141.020 to reduce the individual income tax rate from 4% to 3.5% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB153 | AN ACT relating to a veterinary medicine program at Murray State University. | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine. | Dead |
| HB56 | AN ACT relating to comprehensive universities. | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine. | Dead |
| HB185 | AN ACT relating to eligibility for benefits in the systems administered by the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority. | Amend KRS 61.595 to allow full-time employment for services to Kentucky River Community Care to be used for determining retirement eligibility in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) but not the amount of benefits; amend KRS 61.552 to allow full-time employment for services to Kentucky River Community Care to be used towards meeting the 20 year service eligibility requirement for nonqualified service purchases made at less than 20 years of service. | Dead |
| HB116 | AN ACT relating to the Ten Commandments in public schools. | Amend KRS 158.195 to allow the reading or posting of the Ten Commandments in a public school building, classroom, or event. | Dead |
| HB65 | AN ACT relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in schools. | Repeal and reenact KRS 158.178, relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. | Dead |
| HB37 | AN ACT relating to an exemption from sales and use tax for certain nonprofit institutions. | Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt purchases and sales of tangible personal property, digital property, or services made by qualifying resident nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions from state sales and use taxes. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB24 | AN ACT relating to conservation. | House: Third Reading RCS# 358 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB48 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Third Reading RCS# 355 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HJR5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION designating names for various roads and bridges. | House: Third Reading RCS# 345 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB160 | AN ACT relating to manufactured housing. | House: Third Reading RCS# 346 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB188 | AN ACT relating to motor vehicle driveaway plates. | House: Third Reading RCS# 350 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| SB76 | AN ACT relating to contracts for the improvement of real estate. | House: Third Reading RCS# 348 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB305 | AN ACT relating to health care. | House: Third Reading RCS# 353 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| SB104 | AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Public Employees' Deferred Compensation Authority. | House: Third Reading RCS# 347 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB430 | AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 343 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB437 | AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages. | House: Third Reading RCS# 344 | 03/28/2025 | Nay |
| HB441 | AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement in the Teachers' Retirement System. | House: Third Reading RCS# 362 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| SJR55 | A JOINT RESOLUTION directing Kentucky's public postsecondary institutions to combat antisemitism. | House: Third Reading RCS# 364 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB501 | AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. | House: Third Reading RCS# 359 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB493 | AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. | House: Third Reading RCS# 352 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB544 | AN ACT relating to disaster relief, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 351 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| SB181 | AN ACT relating to children. | House: Third Reading RCS# 356 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB555 | AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. | House: Third Reading RCS# 349 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB664 | AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 365 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB622 | AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 360 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB606 | AN ACT relating to economic development. | House: Third Reading RCS# 361 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB618 | AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages. | House: Third Reading RCS# 363 | 03/28/2025 | Nay |
| SB9 | AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 357 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB662 | AN ACT relating to personally identifiable information. | House: Third Reading RCS# 354 | 03/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB90 | AN ACT relating to maternal health and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 326 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB19 | AN ACT relating to permitted uses of time during the school day. | House: Third Reading RCS# 337 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB28 | AN ACT relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 341 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB136 | AN ACT relating to corrections. | House: Third Reading RCS# 327 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2 | AN ACT relating to the taxation of currency and bullion currency and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 315 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB65 | AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 334 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB65 | AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. | House: Veto Override RCS# 333 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB65 | AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 331 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB216 | AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 313 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB89 | AN ACT relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 339 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB240 | AN ACT relating to primary school. | House: Third Reading RCS# 314 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB84 | AN ACT relating to judicial review of state agency action. | House: Third Reading RCS# 336 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB346 | AN ACT relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 312 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB399 | AN ACT relating to interference with a legislative proceeding. | House: Third Reading RCS# 329 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB398 | AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health. | House: Third Reading RCS# 318 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB424 | AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions. | House: Third Reading RCS# 319 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB4 | AN ACT relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. | House: Third Reading RCS# 330 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB495 | AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 311 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB546 | AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 325 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB183 | AN ACT relating to the fiduciary duties owed to the state-administered retirement systems. | House: Third Reading RCS# 332 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB566 | AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 320 | 03/27/2025 | Absent |
| HB552 | AN ACT relating to economic development. | House: Third Reading RCS# 322 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB6 | AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 317 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HJR46 | A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to road projects and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 324 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HJR30 | A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds. | House: Third Reading RCS# 323 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB684 | AN ACT relating to elections. | House: Third Reading RCS# 321 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB207 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Third Reading RCS# 338 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB245 | AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 335 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB25 | AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 340 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB695 | AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 316 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB694 | AN ACT relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding. | House: Third Reading RCS# 328 | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB27 | AN ACT relating to health care. | House: Third Reading RCS# 289 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB45 | AN ACT relating to campaign finance. | House: Third Reading RCS# 292 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB38 | AN ACT relating to orders of protection. | House: Third Reading RCS# 266 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB22 | AN ACT relating to licensed professionals. | House: Third Reading RCS# 278 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB30 | AN ACT relating to public employee benefits. | House: Third Reading RCS# 269 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB61 | AN ACT relating to swimming pools. | House: Third Reading RCS# 276 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB68 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Third Reading RCS# 281 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB69 | AN ACT relating to allied animal health professional licenses. | House: Third Reading RCS# 282 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB184 | AN ACT relating to insurance. | House: Third Reading RCS# 284 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB241 | AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 267 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB240 | AN ACT relating to primary school. | House: Third Reading RCS# 291 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB321 | AN ACT relating to planning and zoning. | House: Third Reading RCS# 302 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB315 | AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land. | House: Third Reading RCS# 293 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB346 | AN ACT relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 294 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB342 | AN ACT relating to financial literacy. | House: Third Reading RCS# 301 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| SB2 | AN ACT relating to correctional facilities. | House: Third Reading RCS# 309 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| SB2 | AN ACT relating to correctional facilities. | House: Veto Override RCS# 308 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB369 | AN ACT relating to police department members. | House: Adopt SCS 1 RCS# 303 | 03/14/2025 | Nay |
| SB133 | AN ACT relating to sanctioning bodies for boxing and wrestling exhibitions. | House: Third Reading RCS# 287 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB129 | AN ACT relating to property. | House: Third Reading RCS# 273 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB120 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Veto Override RCS# 283 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB120 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Third Reading RCS# 280 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB120 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Adopt HFA 1 RCS# 279 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB145 | AN ACT relating to retail installment contracts. | House: Third Reading RCS# 285 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB455 | AN ACT relating to elections. | House: Third Reading RCS# 295 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| SB169 | AN ACT relating to administrative subpoenas. | House: Third Reading RCS# 268 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB495 | AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 305 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB495 | AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. | House: Veto Override RCS# 304 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB546 | AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 298 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| SB183 | AN ACT relating to the fiduciary duties owed to the state-administered retirement systems. | House: Third Reading RCS# 265 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB552 | AN ACT relating to economic development. | House: Third Reading RCS# 297 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HJR46 | A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to road projects and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 264 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB201 | AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. | House: Third Reading RCS# 290 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HJR30 | A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds. | House: Third Reading RCS# 286 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB682 | AN ACT relating to utility relocation. | House: Third Reading RCS# 299 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| SB207 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Third Reading RCS# 275 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB207 | AN ACT relating to education. | House: Adopt HFA 3 RCS# 274 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB25 | AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 272 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB25 | AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. | House: Adopt HFA 3 RCS# 271 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB25 | AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. | House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 270 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB1 | AN ACT relating to the film industry. | House: Third Reading RCS# 277 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| SB244 | AN ACT relating to the operations of the Department of Law. | House: Third Reading RCS# 300 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB695 | AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 307 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB695 | AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency. | House: Veto Override RCS# 306 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| HB13 | AN ACT relating to revenue and declaring an emergency. | House: Third Reading RCS# 288 | 03/14/2025 | Absent |
| HB775 | AN ACT relating to fiscal matters. | House: Third Reading RCS# 296 | 03/14/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Kentucky House Appropriations and Revenue Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | Kentucky House Natural Resources and Energy Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | Kentucky House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | Kentucky House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Appropriations and Revenue Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Natural Resources and Energy Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee | 6 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KY | Kentucky House District 084 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/01/2017 |