RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

Robert B. Duvall

Kentucky State Representative, District 17 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kentucky State Representative, District 17Born 1970Optometrist

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 15; 45 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 6.2%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028
Elections: 3; 2022–2026

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Health Services · vice chair
Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force · co-chair
Banking and Insurance
Banking and Insurance
Economic Development and Workforce Investment
Economic Development and Workforce Investment
Families and Children
Families and Children
Health Services
Impeachment Special
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force
Public Pension Oversight Board

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 45 sponsored · 15 became law

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HB 311 AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.
Local Mandate · Became law Apr 2026

HB 6 AN ACT relating to child care and declaring an emergency.
Business Entities And Organizations · Became law Apr 2026

HB 689 AN ACT relating to the establishment of a Medicaid state-directed payment program.
Health Care Professionals · Became law Apr 2026

HB 568 AN ACT relating to public protection and declaring an emergency.
Contracts · Became law Apr 2026

HB 176 AN ACT relating to prior authorization.
Actuarial Analysis · Became law Apr 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Duvall sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Duvall is closer to the center than 55% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Samara Heavrin, Myron Dossett, Jason Nemes

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET

With Duvall’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Duvall’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Duvall	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Apr 15, 2026	HB 869: AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 70–22
Apr 14, 2026	HB 379: AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 80–17
Apr 14, 2026	HB 142: AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 86–11
Apr 14, 2026	HB 904: AN ACT relating to gaming.	Not voting	Yes	No	Passed 67–7
Apr 14, 2026	HB 652: AN ACT relating to critical facility mapping and declaring an emergency.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 81–17

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Duvall was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 17

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 17	Won	—	R+24.9	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 17	Won	—	R+24.9	—
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 17	Won	—	R+17.2	—