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Kentucky Senate swears in Gary Clements, adopts membership resolution and reports 2026 committee assignments
Summary
The Senate administered the oath to senator-elect Gary Clements, adopted Senate Resolution 1 establishing membership for 2026, and received the committee-on-committees report assigning senators to standing committees and subcommittees.
The Kentucky State Senate opened the 2026 regular session by administering the oath of office to senator‑elect Gary Clements, adopting a membership resolution and receiving committee assignments for the year.
Presiding officers asked senator‑elect Gary Clements to the dais for the oath, which Judge Philip Shepherd of Franklin Circuit Court administered. The oath included the standard pledges to the U.S. and Commonwealth constitutions. Following the oath, the Senate considered and adopted Senate Resolution 1, establishing the 2026 membership of the chamber.
The committee on committees then reported standing committee assignments for the session. The clerk read appointments that placed members on agriculture, appropriations and revenue, banking and insurance, economic development, families and children, natural resources and energy, veterans and military affairs, and other standing committees, and noted several liaison and ex officio placements for budget-review subcommittees. Democratic leadership announced internal caucus leadership decisions, including naming the senator from Jefferson 19 as the Democratic whip for the 2026 session.
The organizational actions completed the chamber’s initial business for the session; later business included rule adoption and lists of newly filed bills.
