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State Representative, 4th 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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D. Wade WilliamsKentucky Legislative Research Commission

D. Wade Williams

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative · Earlington

The gist

  • Sponsored law limiting state agencies' regulation-writing authority.In office
  • Sponsored law on utilities recovering power plant decommissioning costs.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 limiting state agencies' regulation-writing authority.

    2025 Regular Session HB 6: AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

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

    “establish limitations on the authority of an administrative body to promulgate administrative regulations”
  2. Sponsored law on utilities recovering power plant decommissioning costs.

    2026 Regular Session HB 398: AN ACT relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units.

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

    “the recovery of any electric generating unit's decommissioning, removal and salvage costs, and depreciation expenses through rates”

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