Kentucky House · District 12
Jim Gooch
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Jim Gooch'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
Jim Gooch is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Kentucky House District 12)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Jim Gooch.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Jim Gooch.
Bills
The bills Jim Gooch sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 10 |
| Passed both chambers | 2 |
| Became law | 2 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 40 of 100 in the House (tied with 14 others) · 40 of 80 Republicans (tied with 14 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
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; 11 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | SB 324: Relating to the entertainment industry Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 31, 2026 | SB 251: Relating to the Department of Corrections House Floor Amendment 2 |
Nay | Not voting | Yea (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | SB 101: Relating to children House Floor Amendment 2 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 19, 2026 | HB 904: Relating to gaming House Floor Amendment 2 |
Nay | Not voting | Yea (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 276: Relating to keeping chickens on residential property Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 28, 2025 | HB 664: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency Final 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 House Committee Substitute 1 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 11, 2025 | HB 18: Relating to property Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | HB 15: Relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Jim Gooch 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
- jim.gooch@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 382, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100 - District office
- KY
270-667-7327
Committees
- Natural Resources and Energy Chair
- Natural Resources and Energy Co-chair
- Banking and Insurance
- Banking and Insurance
- Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs
- State Government
- 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