2025 KY Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Kentucky General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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House Votes

1. Automated Speed Enforcement

Establishes a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones by issuing civil citations to drivers exceeding the speed limit by more than 10 miles per hour when workers are present.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HB664 Roll Call 1530505 Passed 76 to 20 on Mar 28, 2025 See Fourth Amendment Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

2. DEI Admissions Ban

Prohibits public universities from using diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in admissions, hiring, scholarships, and other areas.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB4 Roll Call 1529818 Passed 79 to 19 on Mar 27, 2025 See 14th Amendment Ninth Amendment Declaration of Independence

3. Real Money

Prohibits the state from charging sales or use taxes on gold, silver, and platinum bullion.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB2 Roll Call 1529618 Passed 80 to 19 on Mar 27, 2025 See Article I Section 8 Article I Section 10 10th Amendment

4. Conversion-therapy Protections & Medicaid Gender-procedures Ban

Overturns Governor Andy Beshear's ban on conversion therapy for minors, protects counselors and religious providers offering it, and bars Medicaid coverage for adult sex-change procedures.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB495 Roll Call 1529619 Passed 78 to 20 on Mar 27, 2025 See Article I Section 8 First Amendment Ninth Amendment 10th Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

5. Kentucky Film Office

Establishes an official Kentucky Film Office within the Cabinet for Economic Development.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SB1 Roll Call 1518187 Passed 77 to 8 on Mar 14, 2025 See Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

6. Income-tax Cut

Cuts the state's individual income tax rate from 4% to 3.5%, starting with the 2026 tax year.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Benefit per household: +$401.00/year
HB1 Roll Call 1471228 Passed 90 to 7 on Jan 9, 2025 See Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

How did they vote?

Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Chad Aull D 17%
Shane Baker R 100%
Kimberly Banta R 67%
Jared A. Bauman R 80%
Ryan Bivens R 67%
John C. Blanton R 67%
Tina Bojanowski D 0%
Adam Bowling R 83%
Joshua Branscum R 67%
Steve Bratcher R 60%
Josh Bray R 100%
Randall Bridges R 80%
George A. Brown D 0%
Lindsey Burke D 17%
Emily Callaway R 83%
Josh Calloway R 100%
Adrielle Camuel D 17%
Beverly Chester-Burton D 0%
Mike Clines R 67%
Stephanie A. Dietz R 67%
Steven Doan R 100%
Anne Donworth D 17%
Myron B. Dossett R 67%
Ryan Dotson R 67%
Robert B. Duvall R 67%
Daniel B. Elliott R 67%
Daniel A. Fister R 67%
Patrick Flannery R 67%
Ken Fleming R 67%
Deanna L. Frazier Gordon R 67%
Chris Freeland R 67%
Chris Fugate R 80%
Alan Gentry D 17%
Jim Gooch R 83%
Peyton Griffee R 67%
Daniel Grossberg D 17%
Vanessa Grossl R 80%
David Hale R 67%
Tony Hampton R 67%
Erika Hancock D 17%
Mark Hart R 100%
Samara Rae Heavrin R 67%
Jennifer Henson Decker R 83%
John F. Hodgson R 67%
Kimberly Holloway R 100%
Thomas Huff R 67%
Mary Beth Imes R 67%
Kevin Jackson R 60%
DJ Johnson R 67%
Kim King R 67%
Matthew R. Koch R 80%
Nima Kulkarni D 0%
William Lee Lawrence R 67%
Matthew Lehman D 17%
Chris Lewis R 67%
Derek Lewis R 67%
Scott Lewis R 80%
Matt Lockett R 83%
Savannah Maddox R 100%
Mary Lou Marzian D 0%
Candy D. Massaroni R 100%
Bobby Wayne McCool R 67%
Shawn McPherson R 67%
David Meade R 67%
Michael Lee Meredith R 67%
Suzanne Miles R 80%
Adam Moore D 17%
Kimberly Poore Moser R 67%
Amy Neighbors R 67%
Jason Michael Nemes R 67%
David W. Osborne R 67%
J.T. Payne R 60%
Jason Petrie R 100%
Michael Pollock R 67%
Marianne Proctor R 100%
Felicia Rabourn R 100%
Rebecca Raymer R 80%
Steve Riley R 80%
Rachel Roarx D 17%
T.J. Roberts R 100%
Steven Jack Rudy R 67%
Scott L. Sharp R 67%
Tom Odell Smith R 67%
Sarah Stalker D 0%
Pamela D. Stevenson D 17%
Ashley Tackett Laferty D 67%
Nancy J. Tate R 100%
Walker Wood Thomas R 83%
Aaron Thompson R 67%
James A. Tipton R 67%
Timothy Truett R 67%
Susan Tyler Witten R 67%
Ken Upchurch R 67%
Joshua Watkins D 17%
Billy Wesley R 67%
Mitchum Whitaker R 67%
Richard White R 100%
D. Wade Williams R 67%
Lisa Willner D 0%
Nicolas Wilson R 67%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat13.6%
Republican75.2%
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