Kentucky Senate · District 1
Jason Howell
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Jason Howell'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
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Jason Howell.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Jason Howell.
Bills
The bills Jason Howell sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 24 |
| Passed both chambers | 11 |
| Became law | 11 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 1 of 38 in the Senate · 1 of 32 Republicans
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SB 214 Relating to agriculture and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 17, 2026 |
| SB 110 Relating to motor vehicles and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| SB 219 Relating to debts |
Became law | April 12, 2026 |
| SB 73 Relating to animal agriculture |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 157 Relating to total net income limits on loans secured by a mortgage |
Became law | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 158 Relating to products that offer benefits in connection with personal property |
Became law | April 3, 2026 |
| SB 199 Relating to pesticide labeling |
Became law | April 1, 2026 |
| SB 5 Relating to Kentucky-grown agricultural product procurement and declaring an emergency |
Became law | March 27, 2026 |
| SB 28 Relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency |
Became law | March 28, 2025 |
| SB 244 Relating to the operations of the Department of Law |
Became law | March 24, 2025 |
| SB 237 Relating to public safety |
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
4 against the Senate President; 4 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2026 | SB 41: Relating to the levy of an ad valorem tax rate Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 24, 2026 | SB 101: Relating to children Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 14, 2025 | HB 520: Relating to law enforcement records Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 6, 2025 | HB 241: Relating to education and declaring an emergency Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Jason Howell voted on each of the 803 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- legislature.ky.gov
- jason.howell@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 290, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100
Committees
- Agriculture Chair
- Agriculture Co-chair
- Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Co-chair
- Legislative Oversight and Investigations Vice chair
- Licensing and Occupations Vice chair
- Banking and Insurance
- Banking and Insurance
- Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force
- Economic Development and Workforce Investment
- Economic Development, Tourism and Labor
- Impeachment Special
- Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
- Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
- Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force
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