Legislative Leadership Elections
The Kentucky General Assembly convened the 2009 Regular Session today. This first part of the session, that lasts from January 6-9, is known as the Organizational Session. During this period the House and Senate will elect their leadership, which controls: the session agenda; determine what bills reach the floor for a vote; and will name the chairs of the committees; and determine the membership of each committee.
Here is the newly elected slate of Legislative Leadership for each chamber:
House
Based on unofficial information at this time, we believe that the House Democrats have elcted three new members of House Leadership: Greg Stumbo as Speaker, John Will Stacy as Whip, and Bob Damron as Caucus Chair. Also Larry Clark and Rocky Adkins were re-elected to their leadership posts.
On the House Republican side David Floyd unseated Stan Lee.
House Democrat Leadership
Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo **
Speaker Pro Tem Larry Clark
Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins
Majority Whip John Will Stacy **
Majority Caucus Chair Bob Damron **
House Republican Leadership
Minority Floor Leader Jeff Hoover
Minority Whip David Floyd **
Minority Caucus Chair Bob DeWeese
** Denotes New Member of Leadership
Senate
As expected in the Senate, there was very little change in the Legislative Leaders. The only change was that Senator Jerry Rhoads was elected Senate Minority Whip a post previously held by Sen. Joey Pendleton. There was no change in the Senate Republican leadership.
Senate Majority Leadership
Senate President David Williams
President Pro-Tem Katie Stine
Majority Floor Leader Dan Kelly
Majority Whip Carroll Gibson
Majority Caucus Chair Dan Seum
Senate Minority Leadership
Minority Floor Leader Ed Worley
Minority Whip Jerry Rhoads **
Minority Caucus Chair Johnny Ray Turner
** Denotes New Member of Leadership
We wanted to be timely in getting out this information, so we have not provided any analysis at this time. However, we will be providing more details as they arise including the effect these changes will have on the committee system, including who will chair and sit on committees, and the session as a whole.
Stay tuned.....
