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State Senator, 4th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Kentucky laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

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Robert M. "Robby" MillsKentucky Legislative Research Commission

Robert M. "Robby" Mills

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; small business owner · Henderson

The gist

  • Sponsored law giving the state energy planning commission independence.In office
  • Sponsored bill letting localities create housing infrastructure districts.In office
  • Sponsored law creating a legislative Medicaid oversight board.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 giving the state energy planning commission independence.

    2026 Regular Session SB 100: AN ACT relating to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and declaring an emergency.

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

    “provide for the administrative attachment of the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (EPIC) to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research”
  2. Sponsored bill letting localities create housing infrastructure districts.

    2026 Regular Session SB 9: AN ACT relating to housing districts.

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

    “establish the process for a local government to establish a residential infrastructure development district”
  3. Sponsored law creating a legislative Medicaid oversight board.

    2025 Regular Session SB 25: AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency.

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

    “establishes the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly”

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State Senator, 4th District · Kentucky 2026 General Election · The Gist