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List of Kentucky state legislatures

The following is a list of legislative terms of the Kentucky General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Kentucky became part of the United States on June 1, 1792.

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Regular sessions

Name Start date End date Last election
Kentucky Constitution of 1792
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Kentucky Constitution of 1799
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Kentucky Constitution of 1850
1850-51 Kentucky General Assembly November 4, 1850 March 24, 1851 August 1850
1851-52 Kentucky General Assembly November 3, 1851 January 9, 1852 August 1851
1853-54 Kentucky General Assembly December 31, 1853 March 10, 1854 August 1853
1855-56 Kentucky General Assembly December 31, 1855 March 10, 1856 August 1855
1857-58 Kentucky General Assembly December 7, 1857 February 17, 1858 August 1857
1859-60 Kentucky General Assembly December 5, 1859 March 5, 1860 August 1859
1861-63 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Regular Session
  • Adjourned Session
  • Adjourned Session
  • Adjourned Session
September 2, 1861 October 4, 1861 August 1861
November 27, 1861 December 23, 1861
February 12, 1862 March 17, 1862
January 8, 1863 March 3, 1863
1863-65 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Regular Session
  • Adjourned Session
December 7, 1863 February 22, 1864 August 1863
January 4, 1865 June 5, 1865
1865-67 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Regular Session
  • Adjourned Session
December 4, 1865 February 19, 1866 August 1865
January 3, 1867 March 11, 1867
1867-69 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Regular Session
  • Adjourned Session
December 2, 1867 March 10, 1868 August 1867
January 5, 1869 March 16, 1869
1869-71 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Regular Session
  • Adjourned Session
December 6, 1869 March 22, 1870 August 1869
January 4, 1871 March 23, 1871
1871-73 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Regular Session
  • Adjourned Session
December 4, 1871 March 29, 1872 August 1871
January 7, 1873 April 24, 1873
1873-74 Kentucky General Assembly December 1, 1873 February 23, 1874 August 1873
1875-76 Kentucky General Assembly December 31, 1875 March 20, 1876 August 1875
1877-78 Kentucky General Assembly December 31, 1877 April 10, 1878 August 1877
1879-80 Kentucky General Assembly December 31, 1879 May 6, 1880 August 1879
1881-82 Kentucky General Assembly November 28, 1881 April 24, 1882 August 1881
1883-84 Kentucky General Assembly December 31, 1883 May 12, 1884 August 1883
1885-86 Kentucky General Assembly December 30, 1885 May 18, 1886 August 1885
1887-88 Kentucky General Assembly December 30, 1887 May 4, 1888 August 1887
1889-90 Kentucky General Assembly December 30, 1889 May 27, 1890 August 1889
Kentucky Constitution of 1891
1891-93 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Regular Session
  • Adjourned Session
December 30, 1891 August 16, 1892 August 1891
November 15, 1892 July 3, 1893
1894 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1894 March 13, 1894 November 1893
1896 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 1896 March 17, 1896 November 1895
1898 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 1898 March 15, 1898 November 1897
1900 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1900 March 13, 1900 November 1899
1902 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 1902 March 18, 1902 November 1901
1904 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 1904 March 15, 1904 November 1903
1906 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1906 March 13, 1906 November 1905
1908 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 1908 March 17, 1908 November 1907
1910 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 1910 March 15, 1910 November 1909
1912 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1912 March 12, 1912 November 1911
1914 Kentucky General Assembly January 6, 1914 March 17, 1914 November 1913
1916 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 1916 March 14, 1916 November 1915
1918 Kentucky General Assembly January 8, 1918 March 20, 1918 November 1917
1920 Kentucky General Assembly January 6, 1920 March 17, 1920 November 1919
1922 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 1922 March 15, 1922 November 1921
1924 Kentucky General Assembly January 8, 1924 March 19, 1924 November 1923
1926 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 1926 March 17, 1926 November 1925
1928 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 1928 March 16, 1928 November 1927
1930 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 1930 March 20, 1930 November 1929
1932 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 1932 March 17, 1932 November 1931
1934 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1934 March 15, 1934 November 1933
1936 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 1936 February 15, 1936 November 1935
1938 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 1938 March 1, 1938 November 1937
1940 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1940 March 14, 1940 November 1939
1942 Kentucky General Assembly January 6, 1942 March 3, 1942 November 1941
1944 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 1944 March 15, 1944 November 1943
1946 Kentucky General Assembly January 8, 1946 March 21, 1946 November 1945
1948 Kentucky General Assembly January 6, 1948 March 19, 1948 November 1947
1950 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 1950 March 17, 1950 November 1949
1952 Kentucky General Assembly January 8, 1952 March 21, 1952 November 1951
1954 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 1954 March 19, 1954 November 1953
1956 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 1956 February 18, 1956 November 1955
1958 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 1958 March 21, 1958 November 1957
1960 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 1960 March 18, 1960 November 1959
1962 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1962 March 16, 1962 November 1961
1964 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 1964 March 20, 1964 November 1963
1966 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 1966 March 18, 1966 November 1965
1968 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 1968 March 15, 1968 November 1967
1970 Kentucky General Assembly January 6, 1970 March 20, 1970 November 1969
1972 Kentucky General Assembly 1972 November 1971
1974 Kentucky General Assembly 1974 November 1973
1976 Kentucky General Assembly 1976 November 1975
1978 Kentucky General Assembly 1978 November 1977
1980 Kentucky General Assembly 1980 November 1979
1982 Kentucky General Assembly 1982 November 1981
1984 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 4, 1983 January 6, 1983 November 1981 (House)
November 1983 (Senate)
January 3, 1984 April 13, 1984
1986 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 8, 1985 January 11, 1985 November 1984 (House)
November 1983 (Senate)
January 7, 1986 April 15, 1986
1988 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 6, 1987 January 8, 1987 November 1986
January 5, 1988 April 15, 1988
1990 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 3, 1989 January 6, 1989 November 1988
January 2, 1990 April 13, 1990
1992 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 8, 1991 January 11, 1991 November 1990
January 7, 1992 April 14, 1992
1994 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 5, 1993 January 8, 1993 November 1992
January 4, 1994 April 15, 1994
1996 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 3, 1995 January 6, 1995 November 1994
January 2, 1996 April 15, 1996
1998 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 7, 1997 January 10, 1997 November 1996: Senate
January 6, 1998 April 15, 1998
2000 Kentucky General Assembly
  • Organizational Session
  • Regular Session
January 5, 1999 January 8, 1999 November 1998
January 4, 2000 April 14, 2000
2001 Kentucky General Assembly 2001 2001 November 2000
2002 Kentucky General Assembly 2002 2002
2003 Kentucky General Assembly 2003 2003 November 2002
2004 Kentucky General Assembly 2004 2004
2005 Kentucky General Assembly 2005 2005 November 2004: House, Senate
2006 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 2006 April 12, 2006
2007 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 2007 March 27, 2007 November 2006
2008 Kentucky General Assembly January 8, 2008 April 15, 2008
2009 Kentucky General Assembly January 6, 2009 March 26, 2009 November 2008
2010 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 2010 April 15, 2010
2011 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 2011 March 9, 2011 November 2010: Senate
2012 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 2012 April 12, 2012
2013 Kentucky General Assembly January 8, 2013 March 26, 2013 November 2012
2014 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 2014 April 15, 2014
2015 Kentucky General Assembly January 6, 2015 March 25, 2015 November 2014: Senate
2016 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 2016 April 15, 2016
2017 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 2017 March 30, 2017 November 2016: House, Senate
2018 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 2018 April 14, 2018
2019 Kentucky General Assembly January 8, 2019 March 28, 2019 November 2018: House, Senate
2020 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 2020 April 15, 2020
2021 Kentucky General Assembly January 5, 2021 March 30, 2021 November 2020: House, Senate
2022 Kentucky General Assembly January 4, 2022 April 14, 2022
2023 Kentucky General Assembly January 3, 2023 March 30, 2023 November 2022: House, Senate
2024 Kentucky General Assembly January 2, 2024 April 15, 2024
2025 Kentucky General Assembly January 7, 2025 November 2024: House, Senate

Extraordinary sessions

Name Start date End date Called by Issues Last election
1936 First Extraordinary Session February 24, 1936 March 7, 1936 Happy Chandler
  • State government reorganization
November 1935
1936 Second Extraordinary Session March 9, 1936 March 26, 1936
  • Biennial appropriation
1936 Third Extraordinary Session March 30, 1936 May 9, 1936
1936 Fourth Extraordinary Session December 23, 1936 January 16, 1937
  • Unemployment compensation legislation
  • Regulation of tobacco, milk, and other trades
  • Taxes and appropriations (various)
  • Local government (various)
  • State real estate
  • Registration of trademarks
  • Rural electrification corporations
  • Other issues
1938 First Extraordinary Session March 2, 1938 April 9, 1938 November 1937
1938 Second Extraordinary Session May 23, 1938 May 28, 1938
1942 Extraordinary Session March 5, 1942 April 8, 1942 Keen Johnson
  • Legislative reapportionment
November 1941
1944 First Extraordinary Session May 19, 1944 June 12, 1944 Simeon Willis
  • Biennial appropriation
November 1943
1944 Second Extraordinary Session June 12, 1944 June 16, 1944
1945 Extraordinary Session April 23, 1945 May 11, 1945
  • Public assistance appropriation
  • Enabling act for contracts by minors
  • Enabling act for the Greater Cincinnati Airport, Boone County
1949 Extraordinary Session March 1, 1949 March 30, 1949 Earle Clements
  • Property tax assessments
  • Mental health appropriation
  • Policy on state lands and buildings
  • RECC bond amortization period
November 1947
1951 Extraordinary Session March 5, 1951 March 14, 1951 Lawrence Wetherby
  • Teachers' salaries
  • Public assistance appropriation
  • Department of Welfare appropriation
  • Social security for public employees
November 1949
1956 First Extraordinary Session February 27, 1956 March 8, 1956 Happy Chandler
  • State and local government reorganization
November 1955
1956 Second Extraordinary Session March 9, 1956 March 28, 1956
  • Motor vehicle weight limits
  • Road fund taxes
  • Motor transportation laws
  • Highway bond issue act
  • Secondary and rural road construction
  • Control of Johnson grass on highways
1956 Third Extraordinary Session March 29, 1956 April 6, 1956
  • Biennial appropriation
1956 Fourth Extraordinary Session April 6, 1956 April 27, 1956
  • Revenue and taxation legislation
  • Unemployment compensation
  • Municipal annexation procedures
  • Escheats
  • Appropriation for administration of revenue laws
1959 Extraordinary Session December 22, 1959 December 30, 1959 Bert Combs
  • Question of whether to propose calling a constitutional convention with limited subjects for consideration
November 1957
1960 Extraordinary Session September 19, 1960 September 23, 1960
  • Veterans' bonus for nonresidents
November 1959
1963 First Extraordinary Session January 28, 1963 February 28, 1963
  • Legislative reapportionment
November 1961
1963 Second Extraordinary Session June 17, 1963 July 2, 1963
  • Appalachian hospitals
  • Federal constitutional poll tax amendment
1963 Third Extraordinary Session November 18, 1963 December 5, 1963
  • Judges' election and compensation
  • Motor vehicle inspection
1965 Extraordinary Session August 23, 1965 September 17, 1965 Ned Breathitt
  • Property tax rates
  • Local school tax effort
  • Federal constitutional amendment on presidential succession
  • Constitutional revision legislation
November 1963
1971 Extraordinary Session February 25, 1971 March 12, 1971 Louie Nunn
  • Legislative reapportionment
November 1969
1972 Extraordinary Session June 8, 1972 June 15, 1972 Wendell Ford
  • Licensing and insurance requirements for state chartered savings and loan associations
  • Environmental protection
  • Congressional reapportionment
  • Legislative reapportionment
  • Elections (residency requirements)
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Equal Rights Amendment
November 1971
1976 Extraordinary Session December 1, 1976 December 18, 1976 Julian Carroll
  • New court system
  • Surface mining
  • Capital punishment
  • Jefferson County sewers
  • Workers' compensation
  • Taxes (various)
  • Other issues
November 1975
1978 Extraordinary Session December 13, 1978
  • Utility rate structure
  • Utility consumer intervenor
  • Removal of sales tax from residential utility bills
  • Property tax limitation
  • Income tax, standard deduction increment
  • Courts, various issues
  • Welfare fraud
  • 1978 appropriations act
  • Other issues
November 1977
1979 Extraordinary Session January 8, 1979 February 10, 1979
1983 Extraordinary Session January 7, 1983 John Y. Brown Jr.
  • Flat rate tax on individual income
  • Increase the standard deduction on personal income
  • State-federal tax uniformity
November 1981
1985 Extraordinary Session July 8, 1985 July 19, 1985 Martha Layne Collins
  • Educational issues
November 1984 (House)
November 1983 (Senate)
1987 Extraordinary Session October 14, 1987 October 23, 1987
  • Workers' compensation
November 1986
1988 Extraordinary Session November 28, 1988 December 14, 1988 Wallace Wilkinson
  • Lottery
November 1986
1989 Extraordinary Session January 6, 1989
  • Confirmation of Lottery Commission
November 1988
1991 First Extraordinary Session January 14, 1991 February 22, 1991
  • Environmental issues
  • Driving under the influence
November 1990
1991 Second Extraordinary Session December 12, 1991 December 18, 1991 Brereton C. Jones
  • Redistricting
1993 First Extraordinary Session February 1, 1993 February 16, 1993
  • Governmental Ethics Task Force
November 1992
1993 Second Extraordinary Session May 10, 1993 May 27, 1993
  • Health care
1993 Third Extraordinary Session August 6, 1993
  • Confirmation of appointments
1994 First Extraordinary Session June 6, 1994 June 22, 1994
  • Budget
1994 Second Extraordinary Session September 26, 1994
  • Confirmation of appointments
1995 First Extraordinary Session January 6, 1995 November 1994
1995 Second Extraordinary Session January 17, 1995 January 27, 1995
  • Taxes and bond development for capital projects
1995 Third Extraordinary Session July 31, 1995 August 4, 1995
  • Enactment of budget reserve trust fund
  • Redistricting
  • Appropriation of additional funds for Rural Secondary Highway Program
1996 Extraordinary Session December 2, 1996 December 12, 1996 Paul E. Patton
  • Workers' compensation
1997 First Extraordinary Session May 12, 1997 May 30, 1997
  • Postsecondary education
  • EMPOWER Kentucky program measures
  • Budget modifications
November 1996: Senate
1997 Second Extraordinary Session September 30, 1997 October 15, 1997
  • Health insurance
2002 Extraordinary Session April 22, 2002 May 1, 2002
  • Budget
November 2000
2004 Extraordinary Session October 5, 2004 October 19, 2004 Ernie Fletcher
  • Health insurance
November 2002
2006 Extraordinary Session June 22, 2006 June 28, 2006
  • Business taxes
November 2004: House, Senate
2007 First Extraordinary Session July 5, 2007 July 30, 2007
  • Alternative energy policy
  • Appropriation of funds for capital projects and road construction
  • Taxation of military pay
  • Pretrial diversion for substance abusers
  • Public employee insurance plans
November 2006
2007 Second Extraordinary Session August 20, 2007 August 24, 2007
  • Alternative energy policy
2008 Extraordinary Session June 23, 2008 June 27, 2008 Steve Beshear
  • Public employee retirement
2009 Extraordinary Session June 15, 2009 June 24, 2009
  • Economic development
  • Budget amendments
November 2008
2010 Extraordinary Session May 24, 2010 May 29, 2010
  • Budgets
  • Road plan
  • Taxation
  • Unemployment insurance
2011 Extraordinary Session March 14, 2011 April 6, 2011
  • Budget
November 2010: Senate
2012 Extraordinary Session April 16, 2012 April 20, 2012
  • Transportation Cabinet budget
  • Controlled substances
2013 Extraordinary Session August 19, 2013 August 23, 2013
  • Legislative redistricting
November 2012
2018 Extraordinary Session December 17, 2018 December 18, 2018 Matt Bevin
  • Public pensions
November 2016: House, Senate
2019 Extraordinary Session July 19, 2019 July 24, 2019 November 2018: House, Senate
2021 Extraordinary Session September 7, 2021 September 9, 2021 Andy Beshear
  • COVID-19 State of emergency
November 2020: House, Senate
2022 Extraordinary Session August 24, 2022 August 26, 2022
  • Disaster relief
History of Kentucky
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See also

Notes

  1. The organizational session was held prior to the November 1983 Senate elections.

References

  1. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky – via HathiTrust. 1835-1970
  2. Legislative Research Commission (2005), "Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005: Vol. I, 1900 - 1949" (PDF), Informational Bulletin No. 175 (4th revised edition), p. 3 – via legislature.ky.gov, A Constitutional History of the Kentucky General Assembly
  3. Frank Kanenaugh (1920), Kentucky directory for the use of courts, state and county officials and General Assembly of the State of Kentucky, p. 186, hdl:2027/nyp.33433014945533 – via HathiTrust
  4. "General Assembly of Kentucky", Kentucky directory for the use of courts, state and county officials and General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky 1942-43, p. 158 – via HathiTrust
  5. ^ "Kentucky Elections Results 1973-1979", elect.ky.gov, Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections, retrieved August 5, 2024
  6. "General Assembly Directories", legislature.ky.gov, Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, retrieved August 5, 2024. 2010-2023

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