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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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.