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2019 Legislative Session Update
After 30 productive legislative days in Frankfort, the Kentucky General Assembly bid farewell to the 153rd Regular Session. In our final legislative week, the General Assembly saw the ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 1, the pivotal bipartisan measure to enhance school safety. Also known as the School Safety and Resiliency Act, SB 1 was widely considered as…
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Legislative Update Week Seven 2019
Over 150 bills landed on the Governor’s desk in the seventh week of the 153rd Regular Session. Both the House and the Senate worked late into the evening to move bills through in the final hours on the 29th day of the 30-day legislative session. We have now entered into the “veto recess,” during which…
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Legislative Update Week Six 2019
The pace of activity inside the Capitol is picking up as we rapidly approach the end of the 153rd Regular Session. With only a few days left to pass bills, the Kentucky General Assembly has been working in overdrive to develop the best legislative policy for the Commonwealth. Many big issues have been addressed in…
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Legislative Update – March 1, 2019
As we approach the latter days of the 2019 Regular Session, the Capitol remains as busy as ever. Countless visitors from across Kentucky advocated important issues in a week that had no shortage of legislative activity. Significant bills are heading to Governor Bevin’s desk with the hope that they will soon be signed into law.…
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Senator Damon Thayer Announces 2018 American Conservative Union Score
FRANKFORT, Ky. (January 15, 2019) – The American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF) recently released its annual legislative ratings for members of the Kentucky General Assembly. The ACUF selected bills from the 2018 Regular Session that focus on conservative governing principles: fiscal and economic, social and cultural and government integrity. The Kentucky General Assembly had 13…
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2019 Regular Session Week One
The first week of the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2019 Regular Session is in the books. We had a productive few days in Frankfort and leave in good spirits about what is to come this Session. This week, the Senate’s activity involved some procedural measures. Senator Robert Stivers (R-Manchester) will remain the Senate President and Senator…
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Merry Christmas 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, I’d like to extend warm wishes and sincere hope that you and your loved ones enjoy a holiday season in good health and full of happiness. This year was momentous for the General Assembly as we passed pivotal legislation, traveled across the Commonwealth holding policy discussions, and recently finalized…
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The Herald-Leader’s Misguided Effort to Criticize Pension Reform
In a recent diatribe, the “nattering nabobs” of the Herald-Leader’s editorial board determined Governor Bevin to be “scaremongering” and declared him “all wet.” Just what was the Governor’s transgression warranting such a screed? Governor Bevin told a group of local elected officials something they already knew: unless Kentucky’s public pension mess is addressed, we’re all…
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Fighting for the Voiceless
In May, the Republic of Ireland disappointingly voted to repeal one of the more restrictive abortion bans in the world. While those results from our friends across the Atlantic were discouraging, I am encouraged by the pro-life environment we have created right here in the Commonwealth. Passing pro-life legislation has been a priority of the…
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Legislative Update – Independence Day 2018
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are the values on which our great nation was founded. Written in the Declaration of Independence, these words ring true for all Americans and have held fast for more than two centuries. Ratified on July 4, 1776, the Declaration has long been held in the hearts of the…