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Legislator > Josh Branscum
State Representative
Josh Branscum
(R) - Kentucky
Kentucky House District 083
In Office - Started: 01/01/2021
contact info
Capitol Address
702 Capital Ave.
Frankfort, KY 40601
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-8100
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJR5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION designating names for various roads and bridges. | A JOINT RESOLUTION designating names for various roads and bridges. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB473 | AN ACT relating to consumer data privacy. | Amend KRS 367.3613 to exempt information collected by a health care provider that maintains protected health information in accordance with HIPAA and information included in a limited data set as described in 45 C.F.R. sec.164.514(e); amend KRS 367.3621 to make a technical change to include a data protection impact assessment of processing of personal data for the purposes of profiling where the profiling presents a foreseeable risk of an unlawful disparate impact on consumers. | 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 |
| HB808 | AN ACT relating to recreation and tourism development. | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to terms; establish the Dream Big Burnside Development Authority to establish, maintain, and promote a recreational and resort park system surrounding General Burnside Lake; establish board membership and executive director requirements of the authority; establish the duties and purposes of the authority; require that bond debt service be payable solely from the revenue of the bonds; provide that a landowner that has a contractual agreement with the authority for use of private land as part of a recreational area does not waive any protection granted to the landowner by KRS 411.190. | Dead |
| HCR61 | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to petition the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials to designate certain highways as United States Highway 111. | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to petition the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials to designate certain highways as United States Highway 111. | Dead |
| HB476 | AN ACT relating to economic development. | Amend KRS 154.12-205 to include gender-neutral language. | Dead |
| HB477 | AN ACT relating to economic development. | Amend KRS 154.50-323 to insert gender-neutral language. | Dead |
| HB474 | AN ACT relating to a tax credit for entities participating in the Metropolitan College. | Amend KRS 141.381 to include a historically black college and university in the definition of "educational institution"; extend the sunset date of the income tax credit to April 15, 2037. | Dead |
| HB475 | AN ACT relating to workforce investment. | Amend KRS 151B.190 to include gender-neutral language. | Dead |
| HB372 | AN ACT relating to the New Markets Development Program tax credit. | Amend KRS 141.433 to allow amounts received as repayment on a qualified low-income community investment and reinvested in another qualified low-income community investment during the same calendar year to be considered continuously held; amend KRS 141.434 to increase the cap on total New Markets Development Program tax credits from $10 million to $20 million in each fiscal year. | Dead |
| HB322 | AN ACT relating to tuition benefits. | Amend KRS 164.2841 to include tuition benefits for spouses and children of emergency medical services personnel who have died in the course of their duties on or after July 1, 2000; amend KRS 164.2842 to include tuition benefits for spouses and children of emergency medical services personnel who have been totally and permanently disabled in the course of their duties, specify that the beneficiary is eligible for up to a maximum of 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Absent |
| 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 Economic Development and Workforce Investment Committee | Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Kentucky House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | Kentucky House Transportation Committee | 4 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Economic Development and Workforce Investment Committee | Co-Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint State Government Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Transportation Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force | 2 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KY | Kentucky House District 083 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/01/2021 |