A STATEMENT FROM SENATE PRESIDENT ROBERT STIVERS ON SB 47 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

A STATEMENT FROM SENATE PRESIDENT ROBERT STIVERS ON SB 47 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

FRANKFORT, KY (March 1, 2023) —The following is a statement from Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, following the bill's assignment to the Senate Standing Committee of Licensing and Occupation:

“I have no idea as to whether or not the measure will pass but the process is working.”

Click here to find Senate Bill 47. The next Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. EST Tuesday, March 7. Committee schedules and agendas are subject to change.

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Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, represents the 25th Senate District, including Clay, Jackson, Knox, McCreary, Owsley, and Whitley Counties. As of January 1, 2023, Stivers will have served as Kentucky Senate president for nearly a decade, first assuming the position in 2013, succeeding former Senate President David Williams. As Senate president, Stivers chairs the Senate Committee on Committees and the Rules Committee, and is Legislative Research Commission co-chair. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Senate standing committees on Education and Judiciary, and recently served as 2022 Interim Bourbon Barrel Taxation Task Force co-chair.
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