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Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee, Kentucky House of Representatives
The Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee is a standing committee of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Kentucky House of Representatives are assigned by the Committee on Committees. Committees are assigned at the start of each term.[1] The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: House Rules
Function
The jurisdiction of this committee includes:
“ | [M]atters pertaining to commerce, industry, and economic and industrial development; the workforce and the workplace; economic development planning, international trade and investment; investment companies and industrial loan corporations as they relate to economic and industrial development; recruitment of business and industry; small business matters relative to economic and industrial development; financing of business and industrial development; business regulatory matters, including the Uniform Commercial Code, relative to economic and industrial development; worker training; technology development and application; chambers of commerce; convention centers and publicly owned exhibition and parking facilities; arts and arts exhibition facilities; state, interstate, and national parks and historic sites; travel promotion and advertising; wages and hours; garnishments; safety and health of employees; child labor; employment agencies; apprenticeship; unemployment compensation; workers' compensation; consumer protection; industrial weights and measures.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee, 2025-2026 |
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (41) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (17) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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Kathy Hinkle (D) left this committee on December 31, 2020.
R. Travis Brenda (R) left this committee on December 31, 2020.
Charles Booker (D) left this committee on December 31, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Economic Development & Workforce Investment Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (17) | |||
• McKenzie Cantrell | • Jim DeCesare, Chair | |||
• Alan Gentry | • Phillip Pratt, Vice chair | |||
• Dennis Horlander | • Lynn Bechler | |||
• Joni Jenkins | • Daniel Elliott | |||
• James Kay II | • Toby Herald | |||
• Russ Meyer | • Kim King | |||
• Dean Schamore | • Adam Koenig | |||
• Wilson Stone | • Jerry T. Miller | |||
• Gerald Watkins | • C. Wesley Morgan | |||
• Jason Michael Nemes | ||||
• Jason Petrie | ||||
• Steve Riley | ||||
• Rob Rothenburger | ||||
• Diane St. Onge | ||||
• Russell Webber | ||||
• William Wells | ||||
• Addia Wuchner |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Economic Development Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (6) | |||
• Ruth Palumbo, Chair | • Russell Webber | |||
• Dennis Keene, Vice chair | • Jim DeCesare, Vice chair | |||
• Lynn Bechler | • Bob DeWeese | |||
• Mitchel Denham, Jr. | • Richard Heath | |||
• Jeffery M. Donohue | • Thomas Kerr | |||
• Dennis Horlander | • Kim King | |||
• Terry Mills | ||||
• John Short | ||||
• Arnold Simpson | ||||
• Wilson Stone | ||||
• Tommy Thompson | ||||
• Cluster Howard | ||||
• Dean Schamore | ||||
• George A. Brown Jr. |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Economic Development Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (8) | |||
• Ruth Palumbo, Chair | • Julie Adams, Vice chair | |||
• Dennis Keene, Vice chair | • Russell Webber, Vice chair | |||
• Lynn Bechler | • Jim DeCesare | |||
• Mitchel Denham, Jr. | • Bob DeWeese | |||
• Jeffery M. Donohue | • Richard Heath | |||
• Dennis Horlander | • Thomas Kerr | |||
• Terry Mills | • Kim King | |||
• John Short | • Adam Koenig | |||
• Arnold Simpson | ||||
• Wilson Stone | ||||
• Tommy Thompson |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Economic Development Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (9) | |||
• Ruth Palumbo, Chair | • Julie Adams, Vice chair | |||
• Ted Edmonds, Vice chair | • John Carney, Vice chair | |||
• Dennis Keene, Vice chair | • Myron Dossett, Vice chair | |||
• Linda Belcher | • Jim DeCesare | |||
• Will Coursey | • Bob DeWeese | |||
• Mitchel Denham, Jr. | • Thomas Kerr | |||
• Melvin Henley | • Kim King | |||
• Dennis Horlander | • Adam Koenig | |||
• Wade Hurt | • Donna Mayfield | |||
• Terry Mills | ||||
• Fred Nesler | ||||
• John Short | ||||
• Wilson Stone | ||||
• Tommy Thompson |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Economic Development Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (16) | Republican members (8) | |||
• Ruth Palumbo, Chair | • Myron Dossett, Vice chair | |||
• Dennis Keene, Vice chair | • John Carney, Vice chair | |||
• Ted Edmonds, Vice chair | • Jim DeCesare | |||
• Fred Nesler | • Kevin Bratcher | |||
• Melvin Henley | • Bob DeWeese | |||
• Will Coursey | • Thomas Kerr | |||
• Eddie Ballard | • Addia Wuchner | |||
• Tommy Thompson | • Adam Koenig | |||
• Dottie Sims | ||||
• Terry Mills | ||||
• Dennis Horlander | ||||
• Joni Jenkins | ||||
• Linda Belcher | ||||
• Mitchel Denham, Jr. | ||||
• Don Pasley | ||||
• Ancel Smith |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "2021 House Rules of Procedure," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 39)
- ↑ Kentucky General Assembly, "2021 House Rules of Procedure," accessed March 4, 2021(Section 40-4)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.