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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
Democratic members (14)Republican members (16)
John Tilley, Co-ChairWhitney Westerfield, Co-Chair
Johnny BellSuzanne Miles
Kelly FloodJeffrey Hoover
Joni JenkinsThomas Kerr
Mary MarzianStan Lee
Darryl OwensRyan Quarles
Thomas RinerKen Upchurch
Brent YontsJoseph Fischer
Perry ClarkJohn Schickel
Ray JonesDan Seum
Robin WebbRobert Stivers
Chris HarrisDanny Carroll
Reginald MeeksCarroll Gibson
Gerald WatkinsAlice Forgy Kerr
Wil Schroder
Robert Benvenuti III

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

External links

Footnotes

  1. Kentucky General Assembly, "Interim Joint Committee Judiciary," accessed March 4, 2021
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.