Kentucky Senate · District 30

Brandon Smith

Republican

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Smith
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Brandon Smith's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

Kentucky Senate19thpercentile
More liberal than 81% of the Kentucky Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
8th most liberal of 38

On the November 3 ballot

Brandon Smith is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Kentucky Senate District 30)

Votes with the Senate President
90%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Brandon Smith.

On 157 contested votes where both voted97% on all 678 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
91%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Brandon Smith.

On 148 party-line votesPartisan rank: 37 of 38 in the Senate36 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Brandon Smith sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Brandon Smith
Bills
Sponsored14
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 19 of 38 in the Senate (tied with 7 others) · 19 of 32 Republicans (tied with 7 others)

A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, as the Legislative Record lists it; co-sponsors aren't counted. House and Senate bills are counted; resolutions aren't.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Brandon Smith
BillResultFinal action
SB 8
Relating to public utilities and declaring an emergency
Became law April 15, 2026
SB 245
Relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and declaring an emergency
Became law March 28, 2025

Budget projects

Kentucky's budget bills don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Kentucky legislators.

Contested votes where they split

16 against the Senate President; 17 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Brandon Smith
DateBill and motion Their voteSenate PresidentMost of their party
April 14, 2026 SB 4: Relating to education and declaring an emergency
Override of Veto
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 14, 2026 SB 1: Relating to education
Override of Veto
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 1, 2026 SB 4: Relating to education and declaring an emergency
Final Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 1, 2026 SB 1: Relating to education
Final Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 1, 2026 HB 2: Relating to Medicaid, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 27, 2026 HB 490: Relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions and declaring an emergency
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 20, 2026 SB 223: Relating to the regulation of cannabis-infused beverages
Passage
Nay Not voting Yea (split)
March 5, 2026 SB 137: Relating to a provisional license to practice medicine
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 5, 2026 SB 59: Relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and resources
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 20, 2026 SB 127: Relating to actuarial costs of annual leave payments in the Teachers' Retirement System
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 19, 2026 SB 152: Relating to education
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 28, 2025 HB 444: Relating to commercial driver's licenses
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 27, 2025 HB 694: Relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding
Override of Veto
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 27, 2025 HB 424: Relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions
Override of Veto
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 12, 2025 HB 694: Relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 6, 2025 HB 241: Relating to education and declaring an emergency
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
Feb. 28, 2025 SB 71: Relating to public library district boards of trustees
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Brandon Smith voted on each of the 803 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Brandon Smith
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate PresidentYeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
legislature.ky.gov
Email
brandon.smith@kylegislature.gov
District office
Room Annex 252, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100
District office
P.O. Box 846, Hazard, KY 41702
606-436-4526

Committees

  • Natural Resources and Energy Chair
  • Natural Resources and Energy Co-chair
  • Banking and Insurance
  • Banking and Insurance
  • Housing Task Force
  • Transportation
  • Transportation
  • Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection
  • Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Kentucky General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the Kentucky General Assembly's roll-call records, Jan. 7, 2025 to April 15, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections