2017 Kentucky General Assembly
| 2017 session of the Kentucky General Assembly | |||||
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The Kentucky State Capitol in 2016 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Kentucky General Assembly | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Kentucky | ||||
| Term | January 3, 2017 – March 30, 2017 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 38 | ||||
| President | Robert Stivers (R–25th) Jan. 8, 2013 - present | ||||
| Majority leader | Damon Thayer (R–17th) Jan. 8, 2013 - Jan. 1, 2025 | ||||
| Minority Leader | Ray Jones II (D–19th) Jan. 6, 2015 - Jan. 7, 2019 | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Speaker | Jeff Hoover (R–83rd) Jan. 3, 2017 - January 8, 2018 | ||||
| Minority Leader | Rocky Adkins (D–99th) Jan. 3, 2017 - Dec. 10, 2019 | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
The 2017 Kentucky General Assembly was a meeting of the Kentucky General Assembly, composed of the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives. It convened in Frankfort on January 3, 2017, and adjourned sine die on March 30, 2017. It was the second regular session of the legislature during the tenure of governor Matt Bevin.
Republicans maintained their majority following the 2016 election for the senate, while flipping control of the house from the Democratic Party for the first time since the 1919 election. This was the first session with a Republican majority in the house of representatives since the 1920 session.