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Judiciary Committee, Kentucky State Senate

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The Judiciary Committee is a standing committee of the Kentucky State Senate.

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.

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Senate Rules

Function

The jurisdiction of this committee includes:

“ matters 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 decedents’ 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.[3][4] ”

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate Judiciary Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2) Republican members (7) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate Judiciary Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2) Republican members (8) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Judiciary Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2) Republican members (9) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Judiciary Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (2) Republican members (10) Third-party members(0)

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Judiciary Members, 2017
Democratic members (3)Republican members (8)
• Perry Clark• Whitney Westerfield, Chair
• Ray Jones• Wil Schroder, Vice chair
• Robin Webb• Joe Bowen
• Danny Carroll
• Alice Kerr
• John Schickel
• Dan Seum
• Robert Stivers

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

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

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "2021 Senate Rules of Procedure," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 39)
  2. ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "2021 Senate Rules of Procedure," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 38)
  3. ↑ Kentucky State Legislature, "2021 Senate Rules of Procedure," accessed February 18, 2021(Section 40-7)
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


Current members of the Kentucky State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Robert Stivers
Majority Leader:Max Wise
Minority Leader:Gerald Neal
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
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District 5
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District 7
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Max Wise (R)
District 17
Matt Nunn (R)
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District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
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District 37
District 38
Republican Party (32)
Democratic Party (6)

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