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  • Week 1 of the 2023 Legislative Session

    Week 1 of the 2023 Legislative Session

    As we convene the 2023 regular session, I would like first to wish you a happy new year. I honored to once again serve as Senate majority floor leader; the longest-serving Republican majority floor leader in state history. This 2023 legislative session kicked off on a storm-filled Tuesday with heavy rains and high winds. Floor activity on day one of session felt like a whirlwind itself, as the body welcomed new members along with their closest friends and family who were special guests in the Senate chamber and gallery.

    January 6, 2023
  • SENATOR DAMON THAYER RECEIVES 2022 COUNTY ADVOCATE AWARD FROM KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES

    SENATOR DAMON THAYER RECEIVES 2022 COUNTY ADVOCATE AWARD FROM KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES

    Senator Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, has been awarded the 2022 County Advocate award from the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) for his leadership and responsiveness to county needs. “Leader Thayer understands the vital role counties play in the commonwealth,” said KACo Executive Director and CEO Jim Henderson. “He works closely with the elected county officials in his own district, and he always has an open door for KACo to be heard. There has never been a time that I’ve reached out to Leader Thayer that he wasn’t immediately responsive. We are extremely grateful to have such a valued relationship in the Senate.”

    December 22, 2022
  • SENATE MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER DAMON THAYER 2023-24 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED

    FRANKFORT, Ky. (December 8,  2022) – Senate President Robert Stivers and Senate leadership announced 2023-24 Senate Majority Caucus member committee assignments on Monday. Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, has been appointed to the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee. He will continue his service as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Licensing and Occupations Committee and State and Local Government Committee.

    December 8, 2022
  • SENATOR DAMON THAYER, UNOPPOSED, WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS SENATE MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER

    FRANKFORT, KY (November 15, 2022) — Senator Damon Thayer (R-Georgetown), the longest serving Republican Senate Majority Floor Leader in state history, has been re-elected to the role by acclimation after being unchallenged by any of his Senate colleagues. Previous Republican Majority Floor leaders include former Senator Dan Kelly and current Senate President Robert Stivers.

    November 15, 2022
  • SENATOR DAMON THAYER: HONORING OUR VETERANS

    Shorter days and colder temperatures are evidence of autumn and the impending arrival of the holiday season. Kentucky residents from communities across the bluegrass have completed, or will complete, their civic duty by visiting their local polling station and casting votes for those they wish to represent them in local, state and federal office. Having exercised our sacred voting rights on November 8, we celebrate the very individuals who defend the rights unique to American citizens.

    November 3, 2022
  • SENATOR DAMON THAYER: ENCOURAGING YOUR SUPPORT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 ON THE NOVEMBER 8 BALLOT

    When our commonwealth and state government were founded in 1792, the world was much different than it is today. We live in a world where information travels rapidly, breaking news is at our fingertips, and we travel with ease in comparison to the days of horses and buggies. Our nation and state’s founding principles remain the same: self-governance and a government of, by and for the people.

    October 24, 2022
  • SENATOR DAMON THAYER, LAWMAKERS AND TOURISM INDUSTRY CELEBRATES $75 MILLION IN FUNDING

    Thayer Championed ARPA Funding Allocations to Help Tourism Recovery and Growth Following Negative Impacts of Pandemic Restrictions FRANKFORT, KY (September 29, 2022) — Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, was joined today by fellow Kentucky General Assembly legislators and Kentucky’s tourism and travel industry representatives for a $75 million ceremonial check presentation representing allocations made by lawmakers in the 2022 state budget.

    September 29, 2022
  • SEN. THAYER PRESENTS CEREMONIAL CHECK TO GRANT COUNTY FISCAL COURT BENEFITING KEY ROAD PROJECTS

    Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, (R-Georgetown), joined Grant County Judge/Executive Chuck Dills and magistrates Shawna Coldiron, Roger Humphreys and Jacqalynn Riley Monday afternoon for a ceremonial check presentation for $23.7 million. The check is representative of road fund allocations authorized by the Kentucky General Assembly in the 2022 Legislative Session.

    September 20, 2022
  • SENATOR DAMON THAYER: NEVER FORGET

    On Sunday, September 11, America stood in remembrance of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and an open field in Pennsylvania. 

    September 13, 2022
  • SENATOR DAMON THAYER: GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES SWIFT ACTION TO SUPPORT OUR FELLOW KENTUCKIANS

    Kentucky officials, residents and many from outside our state’s borders turned their full attention to the desperate needs of our fellow Kentuckians when historic flooding ravaged eastern Kentucky in July.

    August 26, 2022
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