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State Representative, 84th 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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Chris FugateOfficial portrait — Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

Chris Fugate

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; pastor; retired Kentucky State Police officer · Chavies

The gist

  • Sponsored law creating alternate and modified high school diplomasIn office
  • Sponsored bill raising health subsidies for hazardous-duty retireesIn office
  • Sponsored law requiring a disaster-management credentialing systemIn 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 creating alternate and modified high school diplomas

    HB 562 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to alternative high school diplomas.

    Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma”
  2. Sponsored bill raising health subsidies for hazardous-duty retirees

    HB 554 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to retiree health provisions of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

    Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “increase the hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $50 per month for each year of service”
  3. Sponsored law requiring a disaster-management credentialing system

    HB 767 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to emergency management and declaring an emergency.

    Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “require the Division of Emergency Management to institute and maintain the Kentucky Qualification System”

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