Kentucky Senate · District 14
Jimmy Higdon
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Jimmy Higdon'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 Jimmy Higdon.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Jimmy Higdon.
Bills
The bills Jimmy Higdon sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 15 |
| Passed both chambers | 4 |
| Became law | 3 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 1 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 9 of 38 in the Senate (tied with 5 others) · 9 of 32 Republicans (tied with 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SB 70 Relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board |
Vetoed | April 23, 2026 |
| SB 9 Relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency |
Became law | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 136 Relating to transportation and declaring an emergency |
Became law | March 27, 2025 |
| SB 100 Relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licensure |
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
12 against the Senate President; 12 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2026 | HB 904: Relating to gaming Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 16, 2026 | SB 251: Relating to the Department of Corrections Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 14, 2025 | HB 520: Relating to law enforcement records Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 14, 2025 | HB 775: Relating to fiscal matters Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 14, 2025 | SB 19: Relating to permitted uses of time during the school day Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 13, 2025 | HB 241: Relating to education and declaring an emergency Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 13, 2025 | SB 202: Relating to regulated beverages and declaring an emergency Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 12, 2025 | HB 566: Relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and declaring an emergency Passage |
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) |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | SB 19: Relating to permitted uses of time during the school day Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Jimmy Higdon 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
- jimmy.higdon@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 204, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100 - District office
- KY
270-692-6945
Committees
- Transportation Chair
- Public Pension Oversight Board Co-chair
- Transportation Co-chair
- Education
- Education
- Housing Task Force
- Licensing and Occupations
- Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
- 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