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Agriculture Committee, Kentucky State Senate
The Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the Kentucky State Senate.
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Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Kentucky State Senate are assigned by the Committee on Committees.[1] Committees are assigned at the start of each term.[2] The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
The jurisdiction of this committee includes:
| “ | matters pertaining to crop, livestock, poultry, aquaculture, and their marketing, disease control and warehousing; tobacco; stockyards; agricultural cooperatives and marketing associations; regulation of amusement rides; pesticide application and regulation; agriculture and commercial weights and measures; national food distribution programs; motor fuel quality; grain regulation and the trade of grains and commodities; ethanol and cellulosic fuels; veterinarians; the State Fair; county fairs; agriculture loan and grant programs; agritourism; farm safety and education; the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; the Department of Agriculture; and the Governor's Office of Agriculture Policy.[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(1) |
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Dennis Parrett | • Paul Hornback, Chair | |||
| • Dorsey Ridley | • Steve West, Vice chair | |||
| • Robin Webb | • Jared Carpenter | |||
| • C.B. Embry, Jr. | ||||
| • David Givens | ||||
| • Stan Humphries | ||||
| • Damon Thayer | ||||
| • Whitney Westerfield | ||||
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 (3) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Dennis Parrett | • Paul Hornback, Chair | |||
| • Dorsey Ridley | • Carroll Gibson, Vice Chair | |||
| • Robin Webb | • C.B. Embry, Jr. | |||
| • Chris Girdler | ||||
| • David Givens | ||||
| • Stan Humphries | ||||
| • Damon Thayer | ||||
| • Whitney Westerfield | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Dennis Parrett | • Paul Hornback, Chair | |||
| • Dorsey Ridley | • Sara Beth Gregory, Vice chair | |||
| • Kathy Stein | • Carroll Gibson | |||
| • Robin Webb | • David Givens | |||
| • Stan Humphries | ||||
| • Damon Thayer | ||||
| • Whitney Westerfield | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Dennis Parrett | • David Givens, Chair | • Bob Leeper | ||
| • Joey Pendleton | • Vernie McGaha, Vice chair | |||
| • Dorsey Ridley | • Joe Bowen | |||
| • Robin Webb | • Carroll Gibson | |||
| • Paul Hornback | ||||
| • Damon Thayer | ||||
| • Ken Winters | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • David Boswell | • David Givens | • Bob Leeper | ||
| • Joey Pendleton | • Ernie Harris | |||
| • Dorsey Ridley | • Vernie McGaha | |||
| • Kathy Stein | • Damon Thayer | |||
| • Ken Winters | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "2021 Senate Rules of Procedure," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 39)
- ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "2021 Senate Rules of Procedure," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 38)
- ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "2021 Senate Rules of Procedure," accessed February 18, 2021(Section 40-1)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
