KentuckyKentucky Senate confirms Parsons to lead victims compensation board
After Governor Andy Beshear reappointed Lanola Parsons in 2025, the Kentucky Senate confirmed her to lead the Crime Victims Compensation Board through July 1, 2029.
What it does
The Senate confirms Lanola Parsons’s reappointment to the Crime Victims Compensation Board, where she will serve as chair through July 1, 2029.
Argument forConfirming Parsons could help the board keep steady leadership because she was reappointed as chair through July 1, 2029.
Argument againstA term through 2029 could leave the board with less flexibility to choose a different chair before then.
More detail
The Kentucky Senate confirms Lanola Parsons’s reappointment to the Crime Victims Compensation Board. Parsons was reappointed as the board’s chair. Her term expires July 1, 2029.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Adopted
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 15adopted 38-0Latest
- Vote recorded CONSENT PASSAGE OF SR 256. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 15 2026
- Apr 14to Rules (S)Minor
- Mar 31to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Mar 31introduced in SenateIntroduced
- Apr 15adopted 38-0Latest
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