Judiciary Committee, Kentucky General Assembly
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The Judiciary 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 Judiciary Committee studies "[m]atters pertaining to contracts; the Uniform Commercial Code; debtor-creditor relations; ownership and conveyance of property; private corporations and associations; competency proceedings; administration of trusts and estates of persons under disability; descent, wills, and administration of decedent's estates; domestic relations; support of dependents; statutory actions and limitations; eminent domain; arbitration; declaratory judgments; witnesses; evidence; legal notices; construction of statutes; civil procedure; the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, circuit courts, and district courts; family courts; jurisdiction, rules, terms, judges, commissioners, selections, districts, qualifications, compensation, and retirement; clerks of courts; juries; attorneys; receivers; court reporters; habeas corpus; crimes and punishments; criminal procedure; probation and parole; correctional facilities; civil rights; and juvenile matters."[1][2] | ” |
Membership
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership for the 2015 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (16) | |||
• John Tilley, Co-Chair | • Whitney Westerfield, Co-Chair | |||
• Johnny Bell | • Suzanne Miles | |||
• Kelly Flood | • Jeffrey Hoover | |||
• Joni Jenkins | • Thomas Kerr | |||
• Mary Marzian | • Stan Lee | |||
• Darryl Owens | • Ryan Quarles | |||
• Thomas Riner | • Ken Upchurch | |||
• Brent Yonts | • Joseph Fischer | |||
• Perry Clark | • John Schickel | |||
• Ray Jones | • Dan Seum | |||
• Robin Webb | • Robert Stivers | |||
• Chris Harris | • Danny Carroll | |||
• Reginald Meeks | • Carroll Gibson | |||
• Gerald Watkins | • Alice Forgy Kerr | |||
• Wil Schroder | ||||
• Robert Benvenuti III |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (13) | Republican members (14) | |||
• John Tilley | • Joseph Fischer | |||
• Johnny Bell | • Sara Beth Gregory | |||
• Jesse Crenshaw | • Jeffrey Hoover | |||
• Kelly Flood | • Thomas Kerr | |||
• Joni Jenkins | • Stan Lee | |||
• Mary Marzian | • Mike Nemes | |||
• Darryl Owens | • Steven Rudy | |||
• Thomas Riner | • Tom Jensen | |||
• Brent Yonts | • Carroll Gibson | |||
• Perry Clark | • John Schickel | |||
• Ray Jones | • Dan Seum | |||
• Jerry Rhoads | • Katie Stine | |||
• Robin Webb | • Robert Stivers | |||
• Jack Westwood |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (5) | |||
• John Tilley | • Steven Rudy | |||
• Brent Yonts | • Stan Lee | |||
• Johnny Bell | • Thomas Kerr | |||
• Mary Marzian | • Joseph Fischer | |||
• Thomas Riner | • Jeffrey Hoover | |||
• Darryl Owens | ||||
• Kelly Flood | ||||
• Jesse Crenshaw | ||||
• Harry Moberly, Jr. |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky General Assembly, "Interim Joint Committee Judiciary," accessed March 4, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.