KENTUCKY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES 2021 LEGISLATIVE GUIDE EJRODRIQUEZ/ADOBE STOCK Serving more than 1.5 million people in 117 of 120 Kentucky counties, Kentucky’s member-owned electric cooperatives are committed to improving the quality of life for their consumer-members. We encourage Kentuckians to engage with elected leaders and advocate for safe, reliable and affordable electricity. 1 KENTUCKY CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES KENTUCKY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION Andy Beshear Jacqueline Coleman Sen. Mitch McConnell Sen. Rand Paul Governor Lt. Governor Senate Minority Leader (202) 224-4343 (502) 564-2611 (502) 564-2611 (202) 224-2541 Allison Ball Michael Adams Rep. James Comer Rep. Brett Guthrie Treasurer Secretary of State 1st District 2nd District TIM WEBB (502) 564-4722 (502) 564-3490 (202) 225-3115 (202) 225-3501 This 2021 Legislative Guide is provided as a public service by Co-ops work together to keep the power grid secure. Kentucky Electric Cooperatives, the statewide association When disasters strike, electric co-ops are always ready to that represents 26 co-ops that serve more than 1.5 million lend a hand. Kentuckians in 117 of the commonwealth’s 120 counties. We appreciate the service of elected leaders and other We work to educate elected leaders and advocate for government officials tasked with oversight of the energy policies that support our ability to provide safe, reliable and sector, and we are proud to be a trusted resource for any affordable electricity. questions about how public policy affects our ability to Each of Kentucky’s local electric cooperatives is locally effectively serve our members. Mike Harmon Daniel Cameron Rep. John Yarmuth Rep. Thomas Massie owned and controlled by the consumer-members who are We encourage you to pull out this guide, save it and Auditor Attorney General 3rd District 4th District (202) 225-5401 (202) 225-3465 served by that local co-op. Each co-op was built by, belongs use it to contact elected leaders about issues that are (502) 564-5841 (502) 696-5300 to and is led by people in its own community. important to you. In that spirit, we encourage local co-op members to join our grassroots portal to stay up to date and communicate with legislators about issues important to co-ops. RuralPowerKY.com is a free service that helps connect local co-op members with their legislators, especially at Chris Perry critical times. President/CEO Ryan Quarles Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers Rep. Andy Barr Comm. of Agriculture 5th District 6th District (502) 573-0282 (202) 225-4601 (202) 225-4706 2 3 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY 2021 SENATE N MC TIA DA IS N LEADERSHIP R IE H L RT STIV D P. GIVE C BE ER VI N O S A S MC N B D A. SCH RGY D TH ALVA R D N GA RE ER L N IC FO K L O R A R A G RA EA HN KE E E NA M PH A G V K E L L C R I A L D R E O I R G O G J L E S A O Y R A R M 23–Kenton CHROED L S E 11 I R 17 W Boone 23 24 PRESIDENT PRESIDENT Kenton Campbell PRO TEMPORE 19–Jefferson 26–Jefferson 33–Jefferson 11–Boone 12–Fayette 13–Fayette 28–Clark N THA N MCG MO YE A AR A R RG V 7 24–Campbell D E ARPER QUE A ID YAT O Y H A RA D V ES Gallatin M E N A A 24 S IE M D 17 I G L 20 Pendleton 24 N E U S 20 Grant Bracken E L Carroll 27 J SO D . U Trimble E E TH 27 Lewis 18 N W 27 Mason Greenup N O EN W E 27 H I R Robertson P ES T 7 E 26 20 R Harrison T T H MAJORITY FLOOR MINORITY H Henry D Owen S L.W A LEADER FLOOR LEADER 35–Jefferson 36–Jefferson 37–Jefferson Oldham A TH IN EB ON AY 27 OB B J ORN M E 18 R U T EL . NE L H BA A R Fleming 18 AQ E AD ALD HO A M C D 27 E R A IN M H E U K Carter LI M G A IC S A 7–Anderson 17 Nicholas Boyd S E S P U R M J Scott 10 14 19 20 7 27 27–Bourbon 26 33 35 36 20 Franklin Bourbon 37 38 Shelby 21 27 18–Carter BBY MILL Jefferson 7 17–Scott Bath Rowan 31 O S CAST 20–Shelby R TT LE 38–Bullitt Woodford 12 13 Elliott 31 A N 5 14 28 28 MAJORITY MINORITY M 7 22 28 34 Lawrence CAUCUS CHAIR CAUCUS CHAIR Meade 38 Spencer Anderson Fayette Clark Montgomery BUFOR 21 PA Bullitt M D 31 IS RR TO R E WILSO IS PARR N E 22 CA PE Menifee Morgan IK N N ET N T HIG D N WH M EN T 8 E T Y D Jessamine E T 30 IP EE D D M O R E L L IM N R 21 IL E 4-Henderson Hancock 5 A Johnson H R J J Powell 31 8-Daviess Breckinridge 14 22 P 4 34 25 Martin Nelson 22 Mercer Wolfe 30 Henderson Washington Madison RT STIV 8 EN MER 21 BE ER Magoffin 4 H ED 22–Jessamine O S Daviess P I Estill Union E T 10–Hardin R T H 15 34–Madison 25 S 14–Marion 22 29 MAJORITY MINORITY 10 Boyle Lee 30 31–Pike WHIP WHIP 4 5 14 Garrard Floyd 8 Hardin 15 Breathitt L. Webster McLean LaRue Marion 21 NIE TUR 31 6 Lincoln Jackson N N 25 H E Pike Ohio 5 25–Clay R Y CARR O N O 5–Grayson Owsley J N L 4 Grayson 16 GIRDL 34 ACKSO 29 A L . EMBRY CK ER Rockcastle J N D Crittenden .B 14 I N 6 C 5 Taylor R O S Knott D T Casey O 30 4 Hopkins Hart N 9 R Perry A M Livingston 6 WILS 5 M R KE O Green R 25 29–Harlan B Muhlenberg 6 I N Edmonson B M Clay 4 Butler 21 30 29 2–McCracken Caldwell 16 15–Pulaski Laurel 21–Laurel N Leslie Letcher 2 2 6–Butler Adair NDO SM Ballard McCracken 1 15 A IT Lyon 32 9 9 16 R H Warren Russell Pulaski B 3 3 3 32–Warren Barren Metcalfe Christian Todd Logan 25 1 2 Knox 2 Graves Marshall X WIS 16 29 Carlisle 1 MA E Wayne WESTE P. GIV 16 Harlan Senator’s Home County Trigg EY R VID EN Cumberland 25 30–Perry G. HO N F 9 9 A S N W IE O E IT D 9 16 16 Whitley PARTY TOTALS 1 S L L Simpson Allen 30 A L H D Monroe Clinton McCreary Bell Hickman J W 1 Republican - 30 1 Calloway Fulton 16–Taylor Democrat - 8 3–Christian 9–Green 1–Calloway 4 As of 1/4/2021 5 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY 2021 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ES M . BRA BUR RAYM JANO N NE U M ANTO BAN POOR WHE MAS L ROB TIM IP PR EW K Y FLO RL ILL D TC M CH IE ON BO W SO ME LO AR L S R IM TA Y E M Y AT ED SE HE ER IAN ON ILL AT TH O LL OD A E IN H TO S D A S A S Y Z A O K RL DD LE . Y C T L E H T T CH E H R V E O K J R IA S E O Y C A S IL Y P A K C E R J IN I A N S U K M T B E B R K M IM R LEADERSHIP K OSBO ID MEA ID RN V DE AV E DA D 28–Jefferson 29–Jefferson 30–Jefferson 31–Jefferson 32–Jefferson 33–Jefferson 34–Jefferson 60–Boone 63–Kenton 64–Kenton 65–Kenton 66–Boone 67–Campbell 45–Fayette 62–Scott 72–Bourbon 75–Fayette WILLN Y T. MIL Y DONO ZIE CAN KULKA ICA SCO ALD ME M. FIS M KOE NN PALU E BROW N WESTR NN STEV SA ER RR LE ER H N TR A RN T TT IN EK PH CH A NIG A M RG N A O Y EN LI E R F U E E IM T G S E D 61 H B O J S M L S J F K L I A E S E A T R U R O E E C N R O R U O E S E J L 60 61 63 G N M J 63 R H 66 69 64 64 C Boone 65 67 68 SPEAKER SPEAKER Campbell PRO TEMPORE 69 Kenton 35–Jefferson 36–Jefferson 37–Jefferson 38–Jefferson 40–Jefferson 41–Jefferson 42–Jefferson 68–Campbell 69–Kenton NAH M 76–Fayette 77–Fayette 79–Fayette 88–Fayette VEN RU L. JENK N AD 78 E DY NI IN VA D ST O S 47 A O Pendleton J . STE . JEN ENT LEM AS H S TIP S X D VE I L KIN L G RY IA RABO N F IN M U E TO D OSBOR LA N N S A IC UR E G HO FF AM N VI N Gallatin K HA 70 E S O L N K T J A E R R O J E D A T M N F 47 M Bracken A BEN P Y T 47 Carroll 61 70 E LA N LE 62 LE W AN Y Trimble Grant M RE 99 D T SHA Mason IA N T R Owen L CO P L C Lewis S 47 61–Grant 70 I E W 98 Henry ICK GRAH Robertson RR A ARD WH Greenup MAJORITY FLOOR MINORITY 43–Jefferson 44–Jefferson 46–Jefferson 47–Henry 48–Jefferson 49–Bullitt 53–Spencer 59–Oldham E M H IT ENSO D L FIS IC E LEADER FLOOR LEADER R H N D NIE TE 78–Pendleton 70 R 33 36 E E A R IF C D 98 N K 78 Fleming 98–Greenup E 48 59 N NE M K GR R 61 72 70–Mason 100 AN IL IC AH E Harrison Z E R A Oldham J U S R M 62 96 Boyd 100–Boyd S E Nicholas D NCY TAT 28 29 30 78 72 Carter NA E 57–Franklin Bourbon ID HA K FLAN 31 32 33 34 35 Scott AV LE IC NE 72 D 99–Rowan Y MCCO TR R ALL 36 37 38 40 41 58–Shelby 56 57 DOT BB O A Y C OW 56–Woodford N SO O L P AN SH A A N Bath B TH DIX O Y 42 43 44 46 48 Franklin RY 99 NA O J 58 56 39 45 O N OHNSO Rowan 99 J J N Jefferson Shelby 56 62 72 DJ Woodford Elliott 96 75 76 77 74 27 53 53 T LOCKE Montgomery Lawrence MAJORITY MINORITY NNE M 27–Meade 26 49 53 IM KING AT T 79 88 ZA ILE Meade Spencer K Anderson T CAUCUS CHAIR CAUCUS CHAIR U S Bullitt M Fayette 74–Menifee 96–Carter S UPLES 73 97 97–Johnson 10–Breckinridge D SI D MCC 73–Clark 74 D MCC IE HATT IM S A OY 39 55 Clark Morgan HA OY G ON 11–Henderson J CH 50 Menifee C N 10 A 13–Daviess Nelson Jessamine 74 97 93 Hancock 71 73 Johnson Martin 7 11 10 NA FRAZ Powell LY WESLE 92 10 17 18 21 39–Jessamine 81 89 91 AN IE IL Y 7–Daviess Henderson 55–Mercer 55 E R 97 B Magoffin RK-MC CKETT L 7 11 12 Breckinridge Madison D KI CO TA A 25 26 27 Mercer Wolfe A R Y FF T LE 55 71 91 A M E E OOCH 13 14 T W BL N M L R EC G J O IS 25–Hardin Hardin B N TO R IC B HL 7 C SH RA H H T N IM R S 54 Y Estill N O K E 50–Nelson Washington Garrard O O Y N R J Daviess J S Y J N H A L Union ARA EAV ELL WEB Boyle M R SS BE IEL ELLIO 91 95 MAJORITY MINORITY A IN U R DON R N T S R N EE 24 A T Lee 24 RA D D 80 Floyd WHIP WHIP B Marion 81–Madison 12 Larue Lincoln 91–Estill 12 McLean 93–Martin 95–Floyd Webster 18 ID MEA 89 91 14–Ohio V DE 91 12–Webster Grayson DA Jackson Breathitt 92–Magoffin 92 93 Y BRID 4–Crittenden 71–Rockcastle Owsley VEN RUD ND GE BON 14 18–Grayson 51 94 95 TE Y A S GIB S P 26–Hardin 84 S R 4 4 A R Ohio Taylor 54–Boyle 71 T GOFO EK LEW 92 Pike D U 24–Larue ER R ER IS Perry N N B T Livingston Crittenden 9 12 15 I 21 Rockcastle O H D Knott E HATT L T 17 19 M C 54 GI O Hopkins E Y 15 BA AR R N N M SHEL Hart N N Casey 90 A VE DO Butler Edmonson ME H E FREE MuhlenbergE N EL RE O Y S LA T A D J R Clay RI N S H IT 24 A B ANS 80–Lincoln H D 4 IC H U C C TI MINT Green H U B 82 85 T ER M S M NE AK 94 3–McCracken Caldwell PA O A ER 1–McCracken J H