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Legislator > Jim Gooch
State Representative
Jim Gooch
(R) - Kentucky
Kentucky House District 012
In Office - Started: 01/01/1995
contact info
District Office Phone
, KY
Phone: 270-667-7327
Capitol Address
702 Capital Ave.
Frankfort, KY 40601
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-8100
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB4 | AN ACT relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from influencing the composition of the student body or scholarship recipients on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from implementing a student housing assignment plan on the basis of religion, race, color, or national origin with designated exceptions; from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the promotion of discriminatory topics, or bias incident investigations; from soliciting statements on an applicant's experience with or views on religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from requiring a course dedicated to discriminatory concepts; or disseminating or profiting from any research, work product, or material that promotes or justifies discriminatory concepts; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from requiring any individual to endorse or condemn a specific ideology or viewpoint; prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin or from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion or discriminatory topics; establish exclusions for legal compliance; require each governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to ensure compliance with specific sections of this Act no later than June 30, 2025; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action for a writ of mandamus to compel the council or a public postsecondary education institution to comply; create a cause of action to permit a qualified individual to file a civil action against council or a public postsecondary education institution for injunctive relief and limited damages arising from a violation of certain sections of this Act; waive sovereign and governmental immunity for the limited purpose of bringing this claim; prohibit retaliation; require each public postsecondary education institution to submit and publish a certified annual report on governmentally mandated discrimination to the Legislative Research Commission by October 1 each year; provide that a public postsecondary education institution or the council cannot claim a federal, state, judicial, contractual, or accreditation mandate as a defense to a civil action filed under this Act unless the policy, practice, or procedure upon which the complaint is founded is listed and clearly and accurately described in the public institution's annual report filed in accordance with this Act; require each public postsecondary education institution to provide the Personnel Cabinet and State Treasurer the name, job title, duty station, and salary or wages of each employee each month beginning January 1, 2025, and to post its itemized annual budget; amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from approving a degree, certificate, or diploma program that includes discriminatory concepts or diversity, equity, and inclusion iniatives; amend KRS 164.011, 164.131, 164.321, and 164.821 to conform; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to consider certain enumerated conditions when considering the elimination of an existing program; direct each public postsecondary education institution and the Council on Postsecondary Education to discontinue designated programs and follow designated procedures when implementing this Act; provide specific instructions for public postsecondary education institutions and the Council on Postsecondary Education to follow in implementing this Act; direct public postsecondary education institutions and the council to submit a report on implementation of this Act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB137 | AN ACT relating to air quality monitoring. | Amend KRS 77.155 and 224.20-110 to require that for purposes of determining compliance with the requirements established by an air pollution control board, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, or the federal Clean Air Act, only the most current data collection methods approved or promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall be used; provide that data collected using a method that does not meet those requirements shall not be admissible or considered in an enforcement proceeding initiated by the air pollution control board, an air pollution control officer, the cabinet, or a private citizen; amend KRS 77.160 to conform. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB19 | AN ACT relating to privacy protection. | Amend KRS 500.130 to define terms; provide that the use of an unmanned aircraft system is not prohibited in the case of recreational or professional use if there is not intent to conduct surveillance on private property and there is no unauthorized use or publication of images of individuals or areas of private property, or in the case of an insurance company for purposes of underwriting a risk or investigating damage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil action; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for the civil action. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB790 | AN ACT relating to solar merchant electric generating facilities. | Amend KRS 278.704 to prohibit the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting from granting a setback deviation for an application for a solar merchant electric generating facility made after January 1, 2026, that would allow the facility to be located within 350 feet of an adjoining property owner unless consented to in writing and approved by the legislative body of the local government where the adjoining property is located; establish requirements for the application of the minimum setback requirements for solar merchant electric generating facilities; amend KRS 278.710 to require a construction certificate holder for a solar merchant electric generating facility to file a report with the Energy and Environment Cabinet detailing all federal and state incentives utilized by the construction certificate holder relating to the siting, construction, and operation of the facility; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to compile an annual report from the incentive disclosures it receives and to submit the report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 1 each year. | Dead |
| HB640 | AN ACT relating to invasive plant species. | Amend KRS 224.10-100 to authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to prevent the spread of invasive, non-native plant species. | Dead |
| HB641 | AN ACT relating to coal combustion by-products. | Amend KRS 224.50-760 to allow coal combustion by-products to be beneficially reused at underground or surface coal mines and to allow for the resulting reclaimed land to be used for any suitable purposes, including agricultural purposes. | Dead |
| HB211 | AN ACT relating to cigar bars. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; provide that local government restrictions on smoking shall not apply to cigar bars; require cigar bars to provide certain smoke-free spaces. | Dead |
| HB368 | AN ACT relating to publication. | Amend KRS 424.145 to remove the population restriction and make the alternative publication procedure available to all local governments as defined; stipulate that the local government must submit the advertisement to the newspaper in a timely manner for publication within the prescribed limits; make technical corrections. | Dead |
| HB660 | AN ACT relating to natural resources. | Amend KRS 350.028 to include gender-neutral language. | Dead |
| HB659 | AN ACT relating to energy. | Amend KRS 224.10-225 for gender neutrality. | Dead |
| HJR43 | A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Representative Mike Cherry Memorial Highway in Caldwell, Crittenden, and Lyon Counties. | A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Representative Mike Cherry Memorial Highway in Caldwell, Crittenden, and Lyon Counties. | Dead |
| 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 |
| HB203 | AN ACT relating to abortion. | Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, and 311.781 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.725, 311.727, 311.732, 311.7706, 311.772, 311.780, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when the unborn child has a lethal fetal anomaly and delineate additional medical circumstances for the performance of an abortion; allow an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the abortion occurs no later than six weeks after the first day of the woman's last menstrual period; amend KRS 311.800 to provide for an abortion in a publicly owned hospital under certain circumstances; amend KRS 213.101 to add rape or incest to the reporting requirement; amend KRS 311.760 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 | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 11 | |
| Detail | Kentucky House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | Kentucky House Natural Resources and Energy Committee | Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Kentucky House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Banking and Insurance Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Natural Resources and Energy Committee | Co-Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint State Government Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | Kentucky Joint Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee | 7 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KY | District 12 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/01/1995 |