Karen Berg

Voted for Senate Bill 137, which lets foreign-trained doctors get a provisional license to work in underserved areas. The Kentucky Senate voted 30-7, and the Governor signed the bill into law.

March 5, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for Senate Bill 100, which requires every store selling tobacco, nicotine or vaping products to hold a $500 yearly state license. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law.

March 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against Senate Bill 65, which cancels several agency rules lawmakers found deficient and bars rewriting them until June 2027. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 139, which bars buying voting equipment that records votes with barcodes or QR codes. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 387, which exempts veterinarians from reporting controlled substances to the state drug monitoring system. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 1, which applies state school board rules to Jefferson County and caps superintendent budget transfers. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-7, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 355, which gives one year to sue a real property appraiser and replaces the appraisers board. The Kentucky Senate voted 30-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 291, which requires every scrap metal recycler to hold a state license and log every transaction. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 10, which requires Attorney General approval of large state settlements in the 180 days before a new Governor. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 4, which creates a required principal leadership practicum and redraws the Jefferson County school board. The Kentucky Senate voted 30-8, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 490, which lets public college boards remove faculty for financial reasons such as low enrollment. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 78, which bars most lawsuits against gun makers and sellers over crimes committed with their guns. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 59, which bars using public money, buildings or employees to campaign on ballot questions. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-7, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 312, which creates a concealed carry license for people aged 18 to 20. The Kentucky Senate voted 28-9, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 173, which makes the Medicaid agency post its plans online and send every proposed change to the legislature. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 77, which creates a state fund for clinical trials of ibogaine as a treatment for opioid addiction. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 100, which gives the Attorney General two seats on the commission that reviews power plant retirements. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 251, which lets the prison system set death penalty procedures by internal policy instead of public regulation. The Kentucky Senate voted 30-7, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 104, which creates the crime of impeding a first responder within 25 feet after a warning. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 31, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 195, which shields road contractors from most lawsuits once a government accepts a finished road project. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-9, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 31, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 219, which raises the payday loan limit from $500 to $600 with yearly inflation adjustments up to $850. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 31, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 183, which makes proxy advisers write an economic analysis or warn clients before recommending a vote against a company's board. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 31, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 199, which makes a federally approved pesticide label a sufficient warning, blocking most failure-to-warn lawsuits. The Kentucky Senate voted 24-12, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 31, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 627, which caps auto insurance payments for crash medical care at the workers' compensation fee schedule. The Kentucky Senate voted 24-8, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 27, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 398, which confirms regulators may let a utility charge customers for a power plant's shutdown costs before its retirement is approved. The Kentucky Senate voted 30-6, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 26, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 101, which requires expelling students in grades 6 to 12 for at least a year for injuring a school employee. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the Governor signed the bill into law.

March 26, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 189, which makes it illegal to sit, stand or stay on a state road right-of-way not marked for pedestrians. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-6, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 24, 2026

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Voted for House Bill 664, which lets a police officer in a highway work zone ticket speeders with a camera device. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-7, and the Governor signed the bill into law.

March 28, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 28, which creates a Department of Agriculture grant and loan program for farm and agribusiness projects. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 216, which exempts most Department of Agriculture employees from the ban on receiving farm funds from their agency. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 495, which bars Medicaid money for cross-sex hormones or gender surgery and cancels the conversion therapy order. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 65, which cancels five proposed agency regulations that legislative committees found deficient. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 424, which lets public colleges remove tenured faculty for failing performance requirements. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-9, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 694, which redirects teacher retiree health money into the pension fund once the health fund is full. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-8, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 398, which bars state workplace safety rules for private employers stricter than federal rules. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-9, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 90, which licenses freestanding birth centers and lists nine procedures a doctor may perform under the abortion law. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-7, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 89, which narrows which waters Kentucky's environmental protection law covers to four categories. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-8, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 183, which sets rules for the firms that vote public pension funds' shares, requiring analysis before voting against boards. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-7, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 399, which creates new crimes for disrupting the General Assembly, rising to a felony for a third offense. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-7, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 695, which bars changing Medicaid eligibility or coverage without legislative approval and seeks work requirements. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-7, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 136, which makes the prison system report far more each year about people leaving prison. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 84, which tells courts to decide what a law means themselves instead of deferring to the agency's reading. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill became law over the Governor's veto.

March 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 2, which voids sales tax notices on currency and bullion sold after August 2024 and lets buyers sue for refunds. The Kentucky Senate voted 30-6, and the bill later became law over the Governor's veto.

March 14, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 520, which lowers the bar for police to refuse a public records request. The Kentucky Senate voted 25-12, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 14, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 202, which puts intoxicating hemp drinks under alcohol control, capped at 5 milligrams per serving and 21 to buy. The Kentucky Senate voted 22-13, and the Governor signed the bill into law.

March 13, 2025

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Voted against House Joint Resolution 15, which orders the Ten Commandments monument returned to permanent display at the Capitol. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the resolution became law without the Governor's signature.

March 13, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 6, which bars state agencies from issuing most new regulations after March 2025 without a certified exception. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-6, and the bill later became law over the Governor's veto.

March 13, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 137, which lets air pollution enforcement rest only on data gathered by federally approved methods. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-6, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

March 12, 2025

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Voted against passing House Bill 4, which bars public colleges from spending on diversity, equity and inclusion or treating people differently by race or sex. The Kentucky Senate voted 32-6, and the bill later became law over the Governor's veto.

March 12, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 45, which bars foreign nationals from giving to or spending on Kentucky ballot question campaigns. The Kentucky Senate voted 29-6, and the Governor signed the bill into law.

March 11, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 9, which requires school districts to give staff who give birth up to 30 days of paid maternity leave. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-7, and the Governor signed the bill into law.

March 5, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 2, which bars public money for cosmetic or elective procedures, including gender surgery, for prisoners. The Kentucky Senate voted 31-6, and the bill became law without the Governor's signature.

February 18, 2025

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