Kentucky House · District 36
John Hodgson
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
John Hodgson'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 36.
Also on the ballot: Woody Zorn (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John Hodgson.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John Hodgson.
Bills
The bills John Hodgson sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 23 |
| Passed both chambers | 4 |
| Became law | 4 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 11 of 100 in the House (tied with 9 others) · 11 of 80 Republicans (tied with 9 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 10 Relating to executive branch operations and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 14, 2026 |
| HB 58 Relating to privacy protection |
Became law | April 10, 2026 |
| HB 45 Relating to campaign finance |
Became law | March 24, 2025 |
| HB 19 Relating to privacy protection |
Became law | March 15, 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; 10 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | HB 869: Relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 15, 2026 | SB 37: Relating to state symbols House Floor Amendment 3 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | SB 101: Relating to children House Floor Amendment 2 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 3, 2026 | HB 142: Relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency Passage |
Nay | Nay | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 25, 2026 | HB 497: Relating to postsecondary tuition waivers Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 9, 2026 | HB 7: Relating to school bus safety Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 14, 2025 | SB 207: Relating to education House Floor Amendment 3 |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| March 13, 2025 | SB 38: Relating to school bus safety Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 12, 2025 | SB 89: Relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 4, 2025 | HB 416: Relating to basic and added reparation benefits Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How John Hodgson 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
- john.hodgson@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 351D, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100 - District office
- P.O. Box 74, Fischerville, KY 40023
Committees
- Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Vice chair
- Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force
- Information Technology Oversight Statutory
- Small Business and Information Technology
- State Government
- State Government
- Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
- Transportation
- Transportation
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