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Agriculture Committee, Kentucky General Assembly
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The Agriculture 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.
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Function
In 2014, the Kentucky State Legislature described the function of this committee as outlined below.
“ | The Agriculture Committee studies "matters pertaining to crop, livestock, poultry and their marketing, disease control and warehousing; tobacco; stockyards; agricultural cooperatives and marketing associations; agriculture weights and measures; veterinarians."[1][2] | ” |
Membership
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Agriculture Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (18) | Republican members (21) | |||
• Thomas McKee, Co-Chair | • Paul Hornback, Co-Chair | |||
• Johnny Bell | • C. Embry, Jr. | |||
• Will Coursey | • Carroll Gibson | |||
• Mitchel Denham, Jr. | • Chris Girdler | |||
• Dennis Parrett | • David Givens | |||
• James Glenn, Jr. | • Stan Humphries | |||
• Martha King | • Whitney Westerfield | |||
• Terry Mills | • Kim King | |||
• Sannie Overly | • Michael Meredith | |||
• Thomas Riner | • Lynn Bechler | |||
• Rita Smart | • David Osborne | |||
• Dorsey Ridley | • Ryan Quarles | |||
• Robin Webb | • Steven Rudy | |||
• Derrick Graham | • David Givens | |||
• James Kay | • Myron Dossett | |||
• Dean Schamore | • David Hale | |||
• John Short | • Thomas Turner | |||
• Wilson Stone | • Richard Heath | |||
• Damon Thayer | ||||
• Suzanne Miles | ||||
• James Tipton |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Agriculture Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (21) | Republican members (20) | Third-party members (1) | ||
• Thomas McKee | • Thomas Turner | • Bob Leeper | ||
• Royce Adams | • John Carney | |||
• John Arnold, Jr. | • James Comer Jr. | |||
• Johnny Bell | • Jim DeCesare | |||
• Michael Cherry | • Myron Dossett | |||
• Will Coursey | • C. Embry, Jr. | |||
• Mitchel Denham, Jr. | • Sara Beth Gregory | |||
• James Glenn, Jr. | • Kim King | |||
• Richard Henderson | • Michael Meredith | |||
• Martha King | • W. Brad Montell | |||
• Terry Mills | • David Osborne | |||
• Fred Nesler | • Ryan Quarles | |||
• Sannie Overly | • Steven Rudy | |||
• Thomas Riner | • David Givens | |||
• Rita Smart | • Joe Bowen | |||
• Wilson Stone | • Carroll Gibson | |||
• Susan Westrom | • Paul Hornback | |||
• Dennis Parrett | • Vernie McGaha | |||
• Joey Pendleton | • Damon Thayer | |||
• Dorsey Ridley | • Ken Winters | |||
• Robin Webb |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Agriculture Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (18) | Republican members (8) | |||
• Thomas McKee | • Steven Rudy | |||
• Fred Nesler | • C. Embry, Jr. | |||
• Michael Cherry | • Dwight Butler | |||
• John Arnold, Jr. | • Ken Upchurch | |||
• Dottie Sims | • James Comer Jr. | |||
• Wilson Stone | • W. Brad Montell | |||
• Johnny Bell | • David Osborne | |||
• Terry Mills | • Thomas Turner | |||
• Jeff Greer | ||||
• Thomas Riner | ||||
• Kent Stevens | ||||
• Royce Adams | ||||
• Charles Hoffman | ||||
• Mitchel Denham, Jr. | ||||
• Sannie Overly | ||||
• Don Pasley | ||||
• Richard Henderson | ||||
• Susan Westrom |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "Agriculture Committee," accessed January 31, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.