Kentucky Senate · District 37

David Yates

Democratic Left office Oct. 8, 2025

Sen. David Yates resigned in October 2025 to become Jefferson County Clerk. Gary Clemons won the Dec. 16, 2025 special election for the seat.

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Votes with the Senate President 15% On 82 contested votes where both voted · 80% on all votes Votes with own party 95% On 75 party-line votes Didn't vote at roll call 0.3% 1 of 367 roll calls

Bills passed 1 25 sponsored · 1 became law Bills that became law 1 of 1 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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David Yates has left office, so isn't on the chart of current members. 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

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

15%

Each tick is a current member, by party. David Yates has left office, so isn't marked.

On 82 contested votes where both voted80% on all 348 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

95%

Each tick is a current member, by party. David Yates has left office, so isn't marked.

On 75 party-line votes

Bills

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

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Bills: David Yates
	Bills
Sponsored	25
Passed both chambers	1
Became law	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Ranked among current members only.

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: David Yates
Bill	Result	Final action
SB 133 Relating to sanctioning bodies for boxing and wrestling exhibitions	Became law	March 24, 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

70 against the Senate President; 3 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: David Yates
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
March 27, 2025	HB 694: Relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 399: Relating to interference with a legislative proceeding Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 136: Relating to corrections Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 90: Relating to maternal health and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 4: Relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 684: Relating to elections Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HJR 30: Authorizing the release of funds Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 566: Relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HJR 46: Relating to road projects and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 546: Relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 424: Relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 695: Relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 398: Relating to occupational safety and health Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 346: Relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 216: Relating to the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 6: Relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 2: Relating to the taxation of currency and bullion currency and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	HB 495: Relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 245: Relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 207: Relating to education Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 183: Relating to the fiduciary duties owed to the state-administered retirement systems Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 89: Relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 84: Relating to judicial review of state agency action Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 28: Relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 65: Relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 19: Relating to permitted uses of time during the school day Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 27, 2025	SB 25: Relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 14, 2025	HB 695: Relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 14, 2025	SB 207: Relating to education Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 14, 2025	SB 129: Relating to property Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 14, 2025	SB 25: Relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 14, 2025	HB 520: Relating to law enforcement records Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 14, 2025	SB 19: Relating to permitted uses of time during the school day Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 14, 2025	HB 392: Relating to state-operated mental health facilities Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 14, 2025	HB 2: Relating to the taxation of currency and bullion currency and declaring an emergency Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	HB 241: Relating to education and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	HB 424: Relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	HJR 15: To return for permanent display on the New State Capitol grounds the granite Ten Commandments monument given to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1971 by the… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	HB 346: Relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 13, 2025	HB 495: Relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	SB 202: Relating to regulated beverages and declaring an emergency Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	SB 89: Relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	SB 28: Relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	HB 398: Relating to occupational safety and health Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 13, 2025	HB 399: Relating to interference with a legislative proceeding Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	SB 65: Relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	HB 4: Relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	HB 4: Relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion Senate Floor Amendment 8	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 12, 2025	HB 4: Relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion Senate Floor Amendment 5	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 12, 2025	SB 84: Relating to judicial review of state agency action Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	HB 137: Relating to air quality monitoring Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	HB 196: Relating to coal mining Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	HB 694: Relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2025	HB 2: Relating to the taxation of currency and bullion currency and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 11, 2025	HB 45: Relating to campaign finance Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 11, 2025	SB 75: Relating to concealed deadly weapons Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 7, 2025	SB 132: Relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 7, 2025	SB 202: Relating to regulated beverages and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2025	HB 241: Relating to education and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2025	SB 162: Relating to unemployment insurance Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 5, 2025	SB 9: Relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2025	SB 257: Relating to the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2025	SB 183: Relating to the fiduciary duties owed to the state-administered retirement systems Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 4, 2025	SB 6: Relating to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky Program Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2025	SB 151: Relating to prohibited uses of state tax dollars Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2025	SB 71: Relating to public library district boards of trustees Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 26, 2025	SB 60: Relating to restoring religious liberty Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 25, 2025	SB 19: Relating to permitted uses of time during the school day Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 20, 2025	SB 79: Relating to state personnel Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 18, 2025	SB 84: Relating to judicial review of state agency action Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 18, 2025	SB 2: Relating to correctional facilities Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 14, 2025	SB 89: Relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 13, 2025	SB 85: Relating to offices within the Auditor of Public Accounts and declaring an emergency Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay

Every roll call

How David Yates voted on each of the 367 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: David Yates
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

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