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LongafterKentuckylawmakershaveleftthisyear’sGeneralAssemblysessionbehind,thedecisionstheymadewilllingerforgenerationstocome.Butitcanbehardtofindavotingrecordlinkedtoeachlawmaker.
CitizenshavetosearchforindividualbillsandthenfindtheirlawmakersinalonglistofnamesonaPDFfile.
KentuckyPublicRadiocreatedaneasierwaytotrackthosevotesthroughsortingthembylawmaker,notbythebill.It’smadepossiblethroughacomputerprogramthatscrapesdatafromhundredsofpagesandputsitallintoonefile.
“Theideahereisthatyoushouldseeifyouagreewithhowyourrepresentativesvotedandletthatinfluenceifyouwanttovotefortheminthefuture,”KPRdatareporterJustinHickssaid.
CapitolreportersSylviaGoodmanandJoeSonkaselected18differentbillstodisplaythatwereemblematicofthe2024legislativesession.Theyshowhowlawmakersdecidedissuesrelatedtoeducation,healthandvoting.
Goodmansaidtheyselectedsomebillstobedisplayedeventhoughtheyfailed.
“It’softensaidinFrankfort