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State Representative
Derek Lewis
(R) - Kentucky
Kentucky House District 090
In Office - Started: 01/01/2019

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702 Capital Ave.
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-8100

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB501 AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements for pharmacists when dispensing prescriptions in the event of a practitioner's death. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB210 AN ACT relating to dental benefit plans. Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
HB241 AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. Allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; notwithstand the requirement for the student instructional year to have 170 student attendance days; allow waiver of up to five student attendance days if a school district is unable to provide the required 1,062 hours of instruction by June 4, 2025; require local boards of education seeking to revise its calendar to submit a plan for approval to the Department of Education; allow instructional time made up and days waived to count as employee contracted days; EMERGENCY. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2 AN ACT relating to the taxation of currency and bullion currency and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to create a violation when an official notice published by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or the commissioner of the Department of Revenue improperly instructs that taxpayers should continue to collect and remit sales and use tax on currency or bullion currency, allow the taxpayer to file an action for refund in Circuit Court, and entitle the taxpayer to interest, injunctive relief, attorney's fees and costs, and liquidated damages of $1,000 for each day that the violation occurred; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB346 AN ACT relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 224.20-50 to define "emergency stationary internal combustion engine"; establish a standard for assessment of emissions fees by the Energy and Environment Cabinet and air pollution control districts; EMERGENCY. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB422 AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. Amend KRS 13A.010 to define "signature"; amend KRS 13A.190, 13A.220, 13A.2251, 13A.2255, 13A.240, 13A.250, 13A.255, 13A.280, 13A.312, and 13A.320 to establish administrative regulation filing and notification requirements; amend KRS 13A.270 to direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology to administer a centralized state government website to inform the public about regulation filings; require promulgating agencies to join the registration website; amend KRS 13A.290 and 13A.300 to set out regulation deferral powers and requirements; amend KRS 13A.315 to no longer require the Governor to send regulation withdrawal decisions to the regulations compiler by telephone; amend KRS 13A.335 to make designated regulation deficiency procedures apply to all legislative committees; amend KRS 13A.040 to conform. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB45 AN ACT relating to campaign finance. Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption of a violation; prohibit foreign nationals from making a donation, contribution, or expenditure, soliciting another person to make a donation, contribution, or expenditure, or participating in another person's decision to influence a ballot measure; establish a cause of action for accepting or soliciting contributions from prohibited sources and failing to certify, report, or retain records; establish a right of privacy in donations to tax-exempt organizations; establish a penalty for a state or local governmental entity, court, or officer of the court that violates the right of privacy; amend KRS 121.190 to require a "paid for by" disclosure for advertisements advocating or opposing a ballot measure. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB306 AN ACT relating to the licensing of professional engineers. Amend KRS 322.040 to allow an individual to qualify for licensure as a professional engineer if he or she has graduated from a fire protection engineering technology program of four years or more accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HCR50 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency Task Force. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency Task Force. Dead
HB479 AN ACT relating to dementia training. Amend KRS 194A.545 to require the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) to require a one-hour dementia training and continuing education course using available training at no cost; require dementia training for DCBS supervisory, direct services, and adult protective services staff. Dead
HB39 AN ACT relating to interpreters. Amend KRS 309.312 to allow an interpreter in a K-12 classroom setting with a score of 4.0 or above on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) and passage of the EIPA written test to meet certification requirements. Dead
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
HB500 AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. Amend KRS 13A.350 to make technical corrections. Dead
HB173 AN ACT relating to rental properties. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 preempting local governments from adopting or enforcing ordinances that create a registry of rental properties for enumerated reasons. Dead
HB223 AN ACT relating to licensed dental hygienists. Amend KRS 313.040 to expand the locations where a licensed dental hygienist may practice as a public health hygienist and provide dental hygiene services to include federally qualified health centers. Dead
HR48 A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to allow users of medical cannabis to own firearms. A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to allow users of medical cannabis to own firearms. Dead
HJR47 A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Venita Caldwell Memorial Highway in Leslie County. A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Venita Caldwell Memorial Highway in Leslie County. Dead
HB507 AN ACT relating to service credit for the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 161.500 to allow members of the Teachers' Retirement System to recover up to 10 unpaid days that were missed to observe religious holidays; include the recovered days in count of days worked for service credit; EMERGENCY. Dead
HCR19 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to allow users of medical cannabis to own firearms. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to allow users of medical cannabis to own firearms. 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
HB5 AN ACT relating to correctional facilities. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A, relating to juvenile detention facilities, to direct that all incarcerated youth are subject to search at any time and to require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females; create new sections of KRS Chapter 197, relating to penitentiaries, to direct that all prisoners are subject to search at any time, require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females, and to prohibit the Department of Corrections from providing cosmetic procedures or initiating cross-sex hormones for a prisoner; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441, relating to jails, to direct that all jail inmates are subject to search at any time and to require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females. Dead
HB480 AN ACT relating to occupational licensing. Amend KRS 335.030 to add gender-neutral language. Dead
HB28 AN ACT relating to dementia training. Amend KRS 194A.545 to require the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) to implement a one-hour dementia training and continuing education course; require dementia training for DCBS supervisory, direct services, and adult protective services staff. Dead
HB41 AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps. Amend KRS 37.170 to create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps (KEV Corps) within the Kentucky State Defense Force; create a new section of KRS Chapter 37 to detail KEV Corps eligibility, supervision, training requirements, uniform details, and prohibitions and to create the KEV Corps fund; amend KRS 39B.030 to permit the local emergency management director to use the KEV Corps during a local disaster or emergency; amend KRS 39B.050 to include the KEV Corps as a part of the local disaster and emergency services organization; amend KRS 39B.070 to permit each city, urban-county government, or charter county government the use of the KEV Corps. Dead
HB29 AN ACT relating to state electrical standards for buildings. Amend KRS 227.480 to expand the group of entities whose model codes may be used as a source or basis for the standards required for electrical system construction, repair, and inspection as promulgated in the Uniform State Building Code; amend KRS 198B.050, 227.450, 227.489, 227.810, and 227A.010 to conform. 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
HB195 AN ACT relating to tax incentives for first-time home buyers. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a tax deduction for contributions made to an eligible savings account by a first-time home buyer and allow an exclusion from income for any interest earned from an eligible savings account of a first-time home buyer effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2036; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 141.019 and 131.190 to conform. 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 Yea
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 Yea
SB9 AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency. House: Third Reading RCS# 357 03/28/2025 Nay
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 Absent
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 Absent
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 Absent
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 Yea
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 Absent
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 Absent
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 Yea
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 Yea
SB22 AN ACT relating to licensed professionals. House: Third Reading RCS# 278 03/14/2025 Yea
HB30 AN ACT relating to public employee benefits. House: Third Reading RCS# 269 03/14/2025 Yea
SB61 AN ACT relating to swimming pools. House: Third Reading RCS# 276 03/14/2025 Yea
SB68 AN ACT relating to education. House: Third Reading RCS# 281 03/14/2025 Yea
SB69 AN ACT relating to allied animal health professional licenses. House: Third Reading RCS# 282 03/14/2025 Yea
HB184 AN ACT relating to insurance. House: Third Reading RCS# 284 03/14/2025 Yea
HB241 AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. House: Third Reading RCS# 267 03/14/2025 Yea
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 Yea
SB133 AN ACT relating to sanctioning bodies for boxing and wrestling exhibitions. House: Third Reading RCS# 287 03/14/2025 Yea
SB129 AN ACT relating to property. House: Third Reading RCS# 273 03/14/2025 Yea
SB120 AN ACT relating to education. House: Veto Override RCS# 283 03/14/2025 Yea
SB120 AN ACT relating to education. House: Third Reading RCS# 280 03/14/2025 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
SB207 AN ACT relating to education. House: Adopt HFA 3 RCS# 274 03/14/2025 Nay
SB25 AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. House: Third Reading RCS# 272 03/14/2025 Yea
SB25 AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. House: Adopt HFA 3 RCS# 271 03/14/2025 Yea
SB25 AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 270 03/14/2025 Yea
SB1 AN ACT relating to the film industry. House: Third Reading RCS# 277 03/14/2025 Yea
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 Yea
HB775 AN ACT relating to fiscal matters. House: Third Reading RCS# 296 03/14/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Kentucky House Banking and Insurance Committee 16
Detail Kentucky House Judiciary Committee 11
Detail Kentucky House Transportation Committee 14
Detail Kentucky Joint Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee Co-Chair 1
Detail Kentucky Joint Artificial Intelligence Task Force 3
Detail Kentucky Joint Banking and Insurance Committee 14
Detail Kentucky Joint Judiciary Committee 11
Detail Kentucky Joint Transportation Committee 14
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
KY Kentucky House District 090 House Republican In Office 01/01/2019