State Government Committee, Kentucky General Assembly

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The State Government Committee is an interim joint committee of the Kentucky General Assembly that no longer fell within Ballotpedia's coverage scope as of March 8, 2021.

Function

In 2021, the Kentucky General Assembly described the function of this committee as outlined below.

“ The State Government Committee studies "[m]atters pertaining to the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Commonwealth; the General Assembly, its committees, officers, and service agencies; redistricting; the Governor; the Lieutenant Governor; intergovernmental cooperation; state-federal relations; interstate compacts; administrative organization; administrative regulations; statutory administrative agencies; Department of Law; constitutional offices; state personnel; state retirement systems; public property and public printing; public officers, their terms, appointments, fees, compensation, removal, oaths, and bonds; public information; disaster and emergency services; state and regional planning; libraries; archives and records; public corporations; Commonwealth's attorneys; circuit clerks; the proposing of constitutional amendments and the calling of a constitutional convention; ratification of amendments to the United States Constitution; the election of officers to state, local, and school board positions; election commissioners, officers and precincts; qualifications, registration, and purging of voters; conduct of primary and regular elections; presidential and congressional elections; special elections to fill vacancies; contest of elections; corrupt practices and election financing; election offenses and prosecutions; voting machines; and absentee ballots."[1][2] ”

Membership

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership for the 2015 legislative session.

State Government Members, 2015
Democratic members (21)Republican members (21)
• Brent Yonts, Co-Chair• Joe Bowen, Co-Chair
• Denise Angel• Kevin Bratcher
• Morgan McGarvey• Thomas Turner
• Johnny Bell• Julie Adams
• Leslie Combs• Ralph Alvarado
• Will Coursey• Joseph Fischer
• James Glenn, Jr.• Stan Humphries
• Derrick Graham• Mike Harmon
• James Kay• W. Brad Montell
• Martha King• David Meade
• Dorsey Ridley• Steven Rudy
• Mary Marzian• Sal Santoro
• Sannie Overly• Suzanne Miles
• Darryl Owens• Damon Thayer
• Tanya Pullin• Diane St. Onge
• Thomas Riner• Ken Upchurch
• Jody Richards• Chris McDaniel
• Jim Gooch Jr.• Dan Seum
• Tommy Thompson• Albert Robinson
• John Tilley• John Carney
• Jim Wayne• Kenny Imes

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kentucky General Assembly, "Interim Joint Committee State Government," accessed March 4, 2021
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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