Kentucky House · District 72
Matt Koch
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Matt Koch'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
Matt Koch is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Kentucky House District 72)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Matt Koch.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Matt Koch.
Bills
The bills Matt Koch sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 12 |
| Passed both chambers | 3 |
| Became law | 3 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 21 of 100 in the House (tied with 18 others) · 21 of 80 Republicans (tied with 18 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 618 Relating to alcoholic beverages |
Became law | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 566 Relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and declaring an emergency |
Became law | March 28, 2025 |
| HB 306 Relating to the licensing of professional engineers |
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 Speaker; 3 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | SB 251: Relating to the Department of Corrections House Floor Amendment 2 |
Nay | Not voting | Yea (split) |
| March 3, 2026 | HB 142: Relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency Passage |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| Feb. 13, 2026 | HB 526: Relating to members of the bar Motion to Suspend the Rules / House Floor Amendment 4 |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| March 11, 2025 | HB 18: Relating to property Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | HB 368: Relating to publication Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Matt Koch 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
- matthew.koch@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 384, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100
Committees
- Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Chair
- Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Co-chair
- Agriculture
- Agriculture
- Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs
- State Government
- 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