While I traditionally use my legislative updates to share with you what we are doing in Frankfort, I would like to use this one to seek your opinion on some of the issues facing our Commonwealth. Below is my 2023 Regular Session Legislative Questionnaire, which I hope you will take a few moments to complete. Please understand that I am not endorsing any of these proposals. Instead, the questions are based on pre-filed bills and other proposals being discussed. By sharing your opinions on these issues, you will help me better represent our district. You can also find an online version at legislature.ky.gov, under House members on my official page

I hope you will take a few moments and complete this questionnaire and mail it to my Frankfort office at 702 Capital Avenue, Annex Room 357B, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 or email it to me at Daniel.Elliott@lrc.ky.gov.

1. Do you support the legislature’s work to eliminate the individual income tax gradually as economic and revenue triggers are met? The first decrease is expected to take place in 2023 and would leave an estimated $600-$650 million in the pockets of working Kentuckians.

____ Yes     ____ No     ____ Undecided

2. Local governments and business groups would like the legislature to give voters the opportunity to approve a temporary local sales tax designated for specific projects. Would you support having the option to vote on a local sales tax to fund specific local projects like a multipurpose or sports complex?

____ Yes     ____ No     ____ Undecided

3. What are you most concerned about? Please rank the following with 1 being your greatest concern.

____ Rising Cost of Living

____ Jobs

____ Crime

____ Education

____ Mental Health

____ COVID-19

____ Substance Abuse

____ Child Abuse

____ Other

4. How concerned are you about electric grid reliability?

____ Very Concerned

____ Somewhat Concerned

____ Not Concerned

5. How would you describe access to high speed internet in our community?

____ Poor

____ Fair

____ Good

____ Excellent

6. Do you believe recipients of Medicaid, which provides health benefits to low income individuals, should be automatically enrolled in other public assistance programs?

____ Yes

____ No

____ Undecided

7. Do you believe Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and Physicians Assistants (PAs) should have the same authority to write prescriptions as doctors?

____ Yes

____ No

____ Undecided

8. Should charitable organizations’ that provide bail to release individuals arrested for violent crimes be subject to limits?

____ Yes

____ No

____ Undecided

9. Do you believe Kentucky should automatically restore the voting rights of convicted felons once they complete their sentences?

____ Yes

____ No

____ Undecided

10. Do you support the legalization of marijuana?

____ Under no circumstances

____ Only if specific to medical marijuana, which would be prescribed by a physician

____ Yes, for recreational and medicinal purposes

11. Do you support expanded gambling in Kentucky to increase revenue without raising taxes?

____ Under no circumstances

____ Only sports betting

____ On a case-by-case basis, only when approved by local referendum

____ Other

Daniel Elliott is the Kentucky State Rep. for District 54. He can be reached at 800-372-7181, or at Daniel.Elliott@LRC.KY.GOV. If you would like more information about the legislature, you can visit the Legislative Research Commission website at legislature.ky.gov.