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State Representative, 19th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Kentucky laws and the state budget in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

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Michael Lee MeredithKentucky Legislative Research Commission

Michael Lee Meredith

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; bank loan officer · Oakland

The gist

  • Sponsored law pausing new public insurance adjuster licenses.In office
  • Sponsored law raising local governments' small-purchase limit to $50,000.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored law pausing new public insurance adjuster licenses.

    2026 Regular Session HB 568: AN ACT relating to public protection and declaring an emergency.

    Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “prohibit the issuing of public adjuster licenses and apprentice public adjuster licenses for a period of 2 years”
  2. Sponsored law raising local governments' small-purchase limit to $50,000.

    2026 Regular Session HB 392: AN ACT relating to local public agency transactions.

    Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “increase the small purchase limit to $50,000 and raise that amount by $10,000 every 5 years beginning in 2030”

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