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February 2024
Kentucky House passes bill that would make it harder for people to qualify for SNAP benefits
“I want to know: How poor do you have to be in Kentucky to be worthy of food? That is the question of the day,” Louisville Democratic Rep. Sarah Stalker said during Thursday’s debate. “We're talking about a basic need, and a right.”
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February 2024
Kentucky House approves bill making Louisville elections nonpartisan
House Bill 388 would strip party affiliation from the ballot for Louisville mayor and Metro Council.
The Republican-dominated state House passed House Bill 388 on a party-line vote Tuesday, over the objection of the majority of Louisville’s representatives. Lawmakers rejected a last-minute amendment from Democratic state Rep. Sarah Stalker of Louisville, which would have put the question of nonpartisan local races to Louisville voters.
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January 2024
In a post-Roe world, Kentucky legislators seek to promote maternal health
“It speaks volumes to me as a legislator and as a Kentuckian when a room full of women with varying opinions and experiences, political identities and beliefs will sit down and acknowledge the abysmal maternal health outcomes that we have in this state,” Stalker said.
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December 2025
Republican lawmaker plans to revive bill banning DEI in Kentucky public schools
When committee members were able to question the proposal, a few Democrats voiced opposition. Rep. Sarah Stalker, D-Louisville, said that by ending DEI in education, the General Assembly would be “missing an incredible opportunity.”
“I think we’re missing an opportunity when kids [do not] have a moment to reflect about how the color of their skin does and does not allow them to move through the world,” Stalker said.
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November 2025
Kentucky proposal would require police to work for ICE
“What we are seeing in multiple places and cities is that individuals are literally being kidnapped off the streets by individuals who are not showing identification, not in properly marked vehicles, not providing warrants,” Rep. Sarah Stalker (D-Louisville) said.
“So I feel like this would simply exacerbate an issue that is already on its own out of control.”
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March 2025
Kentucky legislature approves late-breaking ‘clarification’ of state abortion law
Rep. Sarah Stalker, D-Louisville, said she would have supported HB 90 if it was still just a freestanding birth center bill, but voted against it with the abortion edits, calling the changes “false hope.”
“We are seeing this happening at a national level, and it’s terrifying. You have to pay attention to the language and the words that are being used very intentionally in this legislation to avoid medically accurate terminology, to make it appear as if women still have protections, as if people still have choices in certain circumstances when they do not,” she said.
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