Kentucky House · District 71
Josh Bray
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Josh Bray'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
Josh Bray is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Kentucky House District 71)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Josh Bray.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Josh Bray.
Bills
The bills Josh Bray sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 16 |
| Passed both chambers | 5 |
| Became law | 5 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 8 of 100 in the House (tied with 2 others) · 8 of 80 Republicans (tied with 2 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 627 Relating to insurance |
Became law | April 14, 2026 |
| HB 619 Relating to public postsecondary education |
Became law | April 14, 2026 |
| HB 651 Relating to public water and wastewater systems and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB 208 Relating to technology in public schools |
Became law | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 605 Relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency |
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
20 against the Speaker; 18 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | HB 727: Relating to education and declaring an emergency Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 15, 2026 | SB 324: Relating to the entertainment industry Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 15, 2026 | SB 66: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 15, 2026 | SB 312: Relating to court-ordered transports 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 31, 2026 | HB 58: Relating to privacy protection Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 31, 2026 | HB 7: Relating to school bus safety Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 26, 2026 | SB 29: Relating to solid waste management facilities and declaring an emergency Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | SB 101: Relating to children House Floor Amendment 2 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 16, 2026 | HB 425: Relating to motor vehicle racing Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 3, 2026 | HB 142: Relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency Passage |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| March 2, 2026 | HB 299: Relating to machine gun conversion devices Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 19, 2026 | HB 414: Relating to booking procedures in local jails Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 13, 2026 | HB 526: Relating to members of the bar Motion to Suspend the Rules / House Floor Amendment 4 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| Feb. 9, 2026 | HB 7: Relating to school bus safety 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 |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| March 13, 2025 | SB 38: Relating to school bus safety Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 7, 2025 | HB 664: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 5, 2025 | HB 465: Relating to motor vehicle racing Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | HB 368: Relating to publication Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Josh Bray 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
- josh.bray@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 392, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100
Committees
- Artificial Intelligence Task Force Co-chair
- Appropriations and Revenue Vice chair
- Appropriations and Revenue
- Banking and Insurance
- Banking and Insurance
- Economic Development and Workforce Investment
- Health Services
- Health Services
- Local Government
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