Kentucky House · District 11
J.T. Payne
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
J.T. Payne'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
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Kentucky House District 11.
Also on the ballot: Janelle Rowena Glass (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is J.T. Payne.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is J.T. Payne.
Bills
The bills J.T. Payne sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 8 |
| Passed both chambers | 3 |
| Became law | 3 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 21 of 100 in the House (tied with 18 others) · 21 of 80 Republicans (tied with 18 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
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 67 Relating to schools and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 257 Relating to the education assessment and accountability system |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 193 Relating to dual credit scholarships |
Became law | March 19, 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
9 against the Speaker; 9 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | SB 251: Relating to the Department of Corrections Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | SB 101: Relating to children House Floor Amendment 2 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 24, 2026 | HB 335: Relating to choking prevention in schools House Floor Amendment 1 |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| March 5, 2026 | HB 534: Relating to elections Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 3, 2026 | HB 142: Relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency Passage |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| Feb. 5, 2026 | HB 103: Relating to water fluoridation programs Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 14, 2025 | SB 120: Relating to education House Floor Amendment 1 |
Nay | Nay | Yea (split) |
| March 13, 2025 | SB 19: Relating to permitted uses of time during the school day Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 13, 2025 | SB 19: Relating to permitted uses of time during the school day House Committee Substitute 1 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | HB 16: Relating to water fluoridation programs Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How J.T. Payne voted on each of the 782 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–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
- jt.payne@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 424, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100
Committees
- Agriculture
- Agriculture
- Artificial Intelligence Task Force
- Economic Development and Workforce Investment
- Economic Development and Workforce Investment
- Education
- Postsecondary Education
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