Robert Stivers
President of the Kentucky Senate
Assumed office
January 8, 2013
Preceded byDavid Williams
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 25th district
Assumed office
January 1, 1997
Preceded byDavid LeMaster
Personal details
Born
Bertram Robert Stivers II

(1961-12-24) December 24, 1961
London, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRegina Stivers
EducationSue Bennett College (BS)
University of Louisville (JD)

Bertram Robert Stivers II (born December 24, 1961), is a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing the 25th Senate District since 1997. He served as the Republican Majority Leader of the Kentucky State Senate through 2012 and became the President of the Kentucky Senate on the opening day of the 2013 legislative session on January 8.[1][2]

Personal life

Stivers graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Industrial Management and a minor in Economics. He graduated with a Juris Doctor from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. At Kentucky, Stivers became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.[3]

He worked as Assistant Commonwealth Attorney in Clay County from 1989 to 1993. Stivers ran and lost a bid for Commonwealth Attorney in 1993.

Stivers lives and works in Manchester, Kentucky.[4]

State senator

In 1996, Stivers ran for State Senate. He beat Democratic nominee Charles Derrickson with 52% of the vote.

Stivers was sworn into office in 1997 to represent the 25th District. The 25th District includes Clay, Jackson, Knox, McCreary, Owsley, and Whitley Counties.

Stivers won contested re-elections in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. Stivers won an uncontested re-election in 2016.

Committee assignments

Session Committees
  • BR Sub. on Justice & Judiciary – Liaison Member
  • Committee on Committees – Vice Chair
  • Judiciary
  • Natural Resources and Energy
  • Rules – Vice Chair
  • State & Local Government
Interim Committees
  • BR Sub. on Justice & Judiciary – Liaison Member
  • Energy Special Subcommittee
  • Judiciary
  • Local Government
  • Natural Resources & Environment
  • State Government
Statutory Committees
  • Legislative Research Commission[5]

Senate Majority Floor Leader

In 2008, Stivers was elected Republican Majority Leader of the Kentucky State Senate. He succeeded State Senator Dan Kelly (R) when Kelly was appointed to Kentucky Judiciary by Governor Steve Beshear (D).

Senate President

After then-Senate President David Williams resigned in November 2012 to accept an appointment as a circuit judge, Stivers was elected by the Republican caucus as Williams' successor.[1] He was elected by the full Senate on the opening day of the 2013 legislative session.[2]

In March 2020 during the first session of the Kentucky Senate since Democrat Andy Beshear took office as Governor, Stivers proposed legislation to strip powers away from the Governor.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Brammer, Jack (November 27, 2012). "Republicans select Robert Stivers as next president of Kentucky Senate". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Lawrence (January 8, 2013). "KY General Assembly opens 2013 session". Louisville, KY: WDRB. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ Vote-KY : Biographical Profile, Robert Stivers, January 4, 2014, retrieved 2014-01-03 – via Vote-KY.org
  4. ↑ Robert Stivers: 'I'm a person who builds consensus and coalitions' Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  5. ↑ "Senator Robert Stivers II (R)". Kentucky Legislature. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Senate Republican Leaders go after Andy Beshear's power with three new bills". Lexington Herald-Leader. 2020.
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