Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Kentucky
Republican
· Representative
Kim Holloway
Represents District 2 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
86%
on 99 party-line votes · House Republicans median 98%
Cast a vote
84%
Yea or Nay on 404 of 481 roll calls · House median 92%
Their bills that became law
1 of 15
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 1
Roll calls on record
481
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.
How Kim Holloway votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Kim Holloway sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Kim Holloway is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
14 of 99 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB869 · AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.
In plain English Creates a rural building and job creation fund for low-interest loans and tax credit compliance, requires economic development reporting, and adjusts a prior appropriation.
House: Veto Override RCS# 512 · 2026-04-15 · Passed 70–22 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB4 · AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
In plain English Creates a principal leadership development practicum program starting in 2027-2028 and requires the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and operate it.
House: Veto Override RCS# 430 · 2026-04-01 · Passed 72–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB757 · AN ACT relating to revenue measures and declaring an emergency.
House: Veto Override RCS# 451 · 2026-04-01 · Passed 65–25 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB9 · AN ACT relating to housing districts.
In plain English Allows local governments to create residential infrastructure and housing development districts, issue bonds for infrastructure costs, collect special assessments on property, and offer incentive payments to developers.
House: Veto Override RCS# 408 · 2026-04-01 · Passed 71–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB677 · AN ACT relating to energy production and byproduct management.
In plain English Requires permits for constructing and operating carbon dioxide sequestration facilities, sets financial responsibility requirements, and establishes oversight procedures for the Energy and Environment Cabinet.
House: Veto Override RCS# 445 · 2026-04-01 · Passed 61–28 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB100 · AN ACT relating to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and declaring an emergency.
In plain English Attaches the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research and changes its governance, staffing, procurement, and confidentiality rules.
House: Veto Override RCS# 421 · 2026-04-01 · Passed 77–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB198 · AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
House: Veto Override RCS# 387 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 67–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB58 · AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
House: Veto Override RCS# 361 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 70–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB195 · AN ACT relating to participants in the legal system.
In plain English Requires written notice 60 days before filing civil lawsuits, limits insurance claims, restricts medical malpractice suits, and bars recovery for those more than 50% at fault, among other changes.
House: Veto Override RCS# 330 · 2026-03-26 · Passed 66–25 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB567 · AN ACT relating to open records.
In plain English Allows public records officials to require government-issued photo identification with an address to verify that someone requesting to inspect records is a Kentucky resident.
House: Veto Override RCS# 249 · 2026-03-13 · Passed 71–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1 · AN ACT implementing the federal education opportunity program in Kentucky.
House: Veto Override RCS# 133 · 2026-02-24 · Failed 19–30
HB534 · AN ACT relating to elections.
House: Veto Override RCS# 204 · 2026-03-05 · Passed 53–40
SB199 · AN ACT relating to pesticide labeling.
House: Veto Override RCS# 266 · 2026-03-17 · Passed 53–37
SB101 · AN ACT relating to children.
In plain English Requires schools to expel students for at least 12 months for intentionally injuring school staff, and allows children 14 and older charged with felony assault to be tried as adults, among other changes.
House: Adopt HFA 2 RCS# 324 · 2026-03-25 · Passed 45–24
HB9 · AN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.
In plain English Imposes state regulatory license fees on alcoholic beverages, cannabis-infused beverages, and certain other products, and modifies alcohol licensing rules.
House: Veto Override RCS# 228 · 2026-03-10 · Passed 63–31
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Matt LehmanDemocrat · District 67 · 97 shared contested votes
33%
Adam MooreDemocrat · District 45 · 111 shared contested votes
31%
Ashley LafertyDemocrat · District 95 · 75 shared contested votes
29%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (77 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Kim Holloway was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced15
Out of committee1
Passed one chamber1
Passed both chambers1
Became law1
Never left committee14
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 1 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Local Mandate 5State Agencies 4Police, State 3Transportation 3Taxation 2Constitution, Ky. 2
AN ACT relating to light pollution and declaring an emergency.
In plain English Requires the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights that extend onto agricultural land.
Official synopsis: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms; require the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights encroaching on agricultural land; EMERGENCY.
Became lawsigned by Governor (Acts Ch. 130) · 2026-04-13
AN ACT relating to guardianship proceedings.
Amend KRS 367.620 to make technical corrections.
Not out of committeereturned to Families & Children (H) · 2026-03-13
AN ACT relating to inherited property.
Amend KRS 392.020 to provide that the dower interest in a 1/3 life estate for real estate owned during marriage shall not apply to any property acquired by a spouse by inheritance during the marriage if it is not the primary residence of the married…
Not out of committeeto Judiciary (H) · 2026-03-11
AN ACT relating to domestic violence.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to establish and maintain a domestic violence offender registry; limit the registry to persistent domestic violence offenders; require registrants to pay a $150 registration fee.
Not out of committeeto Judiciary (H) · 2026-03-05
AN ACT relating to harassing communications.
Amend KRS 525.080 to enhance the penalty for a harassing communications second offense to a Class A misdemeanor; enhance the penalty for a harassing communications third or subsequent offense and an offense where a person conceals his or her identity to a Class D felony.
Not out of committeeto Judiciary (H) · 2026-03-04
AN ACT relating to telehealth coverage.
Amend KRS 304.17A-138 to make technical corrections; provide that health benefit plans may require a telehealth provider to be licensed in Kentucky, or as allowed under the standards and provisions of a recognized interstate compact, in order to receive reimbursement for telehealth services; provide a…
Not out of committeeto Banking & Insurance (H) · 2026-03-03
AN ACT relating to vision testing on renewal of operator's licenses and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 186.577 to remove the vison testing requirement on operator's license renewal for all drivers; require vison testing for renewal of an operator's license if the applicant is 65 years of age or older; EMERGENCY.
Not out of committeeto Transportation (H) · 2026-02-05
AN ACT relating to contract procurement.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 43 to require the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a biennial audit of the contract procurement systems of the Department of Highways; enumerate issues to be examined in the audit; allow the Auditor to contract for professional…
Not out of committeeto Transportation (H) · 2026-02-04
AN ACT relating to immunizations.
Amend KRS 214.034 to delete hepatitis B from the list of required immunizations for children; prohibit additional immunizations from being required by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services without the approval of the General Assembly; delete requirement for hepatitis B immunization for sixth grade…
Not out of committeeto Health Services (H) · 2026-01-29
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 71 and 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to term limits for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Propose to amend Sections 71 and 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish limits on the number of terms for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor to a maximum of 2 terms and a total of 8 years served in office; provide that…
Not out of committeeto Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) · 2026-01-23
AN ACT relating to government social media accounts.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "public agency," "harassment," "obscene," and "social media platform"; prohibit a public agency, or individual acting on behalf of a public agency, from disabling, deleting, blocking, hiding, or otherwise preventing a person or entity from commenting…
Not out of committeeto State Government (H) · 2026-01-20
AN ACT relating to peace officer training.
Amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on crisis intervention and de-escalation.
Not out of committeeto Judiciary (H) · 2026-01-20
AN ACT relating to an exemption of sales and use tax for aircraft.
Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt gross receipts derived from aircraft sold and delivered in this state to a resident of another state from sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2026.
Not out of committeeto Appropriations & Revenue (H) · 2026-01-15
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons adjudged mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction from voting; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Not out of committeeto Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) · 2026-01-14
AN ACT relating to designating income tax refunds to the animal control and care fund.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide taxpayers the option of having all or a portion of their individual income tax refund be contributed to the animal control and care fund created in KRS 258.119; establish requirements for administering the designation.
Not out of committeeto Appropriations & Revenue (H) · 2026-01-14
“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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HR141 · 2026-04-15
A RESOLUTION censuring Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Kelly Thompson for his intemperate remarks that threatened attorneys and legislators participating in pending impeachment proceedings with professional discipline and criminal prosecution, and directing a complaint to be filed against him with the Judicial Conduct Commission. (House: Veto Override RCS# 506)
HR141 · 2026-04-15
A RESOLUTION censuring Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Kelly Thompson for his intemperate remarks that threatened attorneys and legislators participating in pending impeachment proceedings with professional discipline and criminal prosecution, and directing a complaint to be filed against him with the Judicial Conduct Commission. (House: Adopt RCS# 507)
SB197 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 505)
SB98 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to welding safety. (House: Veto Override RCS# 501)
SB133 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to the fiscal reporting of local entities. (House: Veto Override RCS# 489)
HB869 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 512)
SB129 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. (House: Veto Override RCS# 496)
SB324 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to the entertainment industry. (House: Veto Override RCS# 502)
SJR74 · 2026-04-15
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission and state agencies to collaborate to create a statewide fiscal map of substance use disorder programs and funding sources. (House: Adopt RCS# 497)
SB56 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to utilization controls for nonopioid analgesics in the Medicaid program. (House: Veto Override RCS# 494)
SB56 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to utilization controls for nonopioid analgesics in the Medicaid program. (House: Veto Override RCS# 495)
SCR66 · 2026-04-15
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to explore opportunities to participate in federal nuclear-related programs and to expand their curricula to offer courses and degree paths to train the workforce that will construct and operate the next generation of nuclear energy facilities. (House: Adopt RCS# 491)
SB312 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to court-ordered transports. (House: Veto Override RCS# 493)
HB826 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to education. (House: Veto Override RCS# 508)
SB66 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. (House: Veto Override RCS# 500)
HB311 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to railroad crossings. (House: Veto Override RCS# 488)
SJR116 · 2026-04-15
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for actionable solutions to physician shortages and to explore and expand health care opportunities in medically underserved areas in collaboration with community, state agency, professional associations, and other stakeholders. (House: Veto Override RCS# 498)
SJR116 · 2026-04-15
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for actionable solutions to physician shortages and to explore and expand health care opportunities in medically underserved areas in collaboration with community, state agency, professional associations, and other stakeholders. (House: Adopt RCS# 499)
SB70 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board. (House: Veto Override RCS# 490)
HB727 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 504)
SB214 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to agriculture and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 492)
SB261 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges. (House: Veto Override RCS# 503)
SB37 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to state symbols. (House: Veto Override RCS# 509)
SB37 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to state symbols. (House: Adopt HFA 3 RCS# 510)
SB37 · 2026-04-15
AN ACT relating to state symbols. (House: Veto Override RCS# 511)
SB251 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections. (House: Veto Override RCS# 484)
HB490 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 465)
HJR50 · 2026-04-14
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Auditor of Public Accounts to study the applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency policies and processes that directly impact the opening and operation of licensed and certified child care services in the Commonwealth. (House: Veto Override RCS# 474)
HB904 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to gaming. (House: Veto Override RCS# 482)
SB4 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 476)
HB10 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to executive branch operations and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 456)
HB501 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (House: Veto Override RCS# 468)
HB500 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. (House: Veto Override RCS# 466)
SB291 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to recyclers and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 486)
HB652 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to critical facility mapping and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 472)
HB607 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments. (House: Veto Override RCS# 470)
SB263 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to education. (House: Veto Override RCS# 485)
HB355 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to real property appraisers. (House: Veto Override RCS# 462)
HB669 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to child welfare. (House: Veto Override RCS# 473)
SB100 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 480)
HB96 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 458)
HB757 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to revenue measures and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 467)
HB503 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (House: Veto Override RCS# 469)
HB619 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education. (House: Veto Override RCS# 471)
SB77 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to ibogaine research in the Commonwealth. (House: Veto Override RCS# 479)
HB2 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to Medicaid, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 455)
HB504 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities. (House: Veto Override RCS# 483)
SB1 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to education. (House: Veto Override RCS# 475)
HB387 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to veterinarians and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 464)
HB142 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 460)
HB139 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 459)
HB379 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to postsecondary education. (House: Veto Override RCS# 463)
SB173 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to legislative oversight of the Medicaid state plan and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 481)
HB312 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons. (House: Veto Override RCS# 461)
SB65 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 478)
SB59 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and resources. (House: Veto Override RCS# 477)
HB78 · 2026-04-14
AN ACT relating to firearms liability protections and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 457)
SB8 · 2026-04-01
AN ACT relating to public utilities and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 450)
HB904 · 2026-04-01
AN ACT relating to gaming. (House: Veto Override RCS# 452)
SB185 · 2026-04-01
AN ACT relating to Kentucky State University and declaring an emergency. (House: Veto Override RCS# 412)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 481 total roll-call votes this session).
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