2023 Interim Session

June 6, 2023

Sen. Gex Williams, District 20
The 2023 Interim Session is poised to officially begin Tuesday, June 6, with a host of interim joint committee meetings in Frankfort. Interim meetings will be live-streamed via the LRC YouTube Channel and at ket.org/legislature. Archived footage of meetings can be accessed at KET.org/legislature/archives and on the LRC YouTube Channel. All meetings are open to the public and the media.

CLICK HERE for a list of interim committees and their membership and CLICK HERE to view the 2023 Interim Calendar.

Interim meetings and special committees approved by the Legislative Research Commission (LRC), headed by House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect, and Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, will serve as a primer for the 2024 Regular Session scheduled to convene Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

The interim is designated for a more in-depth look at policy matters to determine what legislation may be considered in the next legislative session and receive updates on enacted legislation. Like regular session committee meetings, stakeholders will participate in the committee process, providing testimony and present updates to lawmakers.

Interim joint committees meet when the regular session is adjourned. Interim committees are formed from the House and Senate standing committees. For example, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Judiciary Committee become the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary after the regular session. These committees discuss policy issues within their committee subjects and forward policy recommendations to the General Assembly and LRC.

Over the interim period, focus topics will include infant mortality, workforce innovation, military occupational experience, updates on the implementation of 2023 legislation, and much more.

LRC established special committees, also known as task forces, and function primarily during the interim, typically studying a specific topic. Visit THIS LINK for details on 2023 special committees and HERE for coverage.

The Health and Human Services Delivery System Task Force
Review of 2022 Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) Reorganization Task Force’s final report resulting from the 2023 Legislative Session’s Senate Bill 48. The bill adopted many recommendations from the 2022 task force and, among other provisions, removed the Department for Income Support—which administers the Child Support Enforcement Program within CHFS—and placed it within the Office of the Attorney General. Outstanding child support arrears in Kentucky total over $1.4 billion.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6

Interim Joint Committee on Education
Presentation on the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act and overview of the state’s assessment and accountability system.

Interim Joint Committee on Transportation
Update on Kentucky’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan; preparedness for driver’s license vision testing (effective Jan. 1, 2024); fee structure of overweight/over-dimension permits; update on major projects and major issues facing the Transportation Cabinet.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 7: Budget Review Subcommittees

THURSDAY JUNE 8

Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
Representatives from Kentucky Power will testify about the canceled proposal to sell Kentucky Power from American Electric Power to Liberty Utilities.
The Lottery Fund Task Force

2023 Interim Session

Union City Council June 5

Medicaid Expansion