RepublicanIn office since Nov 2020

Samara Heavrin

Kentucky State Representative, District 18 since 2020. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kentucky State Representative, District 18

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 6 yrs; Since 2020
Bills became law: 6; 15 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 5.9%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +66.1; Won 2020
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Families and Children · co-chair
Families and Children · chair
Banking and Insurance
Banking and Insurance
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory
Race and Access to Opportunity Commission
Transportation
Transportation

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 15 sponsored · 6 became law

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

HB 480 AN ACT relating to state contracts.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

HB 778 AN ACT relating to child welfare.
Corrections Impact · Became law Apr 2026

HB 424 AN ACT relating to social work.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

HB 164 AN ACT relating to coverage for hearing aids and related services.
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 Heavrin sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Heavrin is closer to the center than 54% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Robert Duvall, Myron Dossett, Jason Nemes

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

With Heavrin’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%

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: Heavrin’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Heavrin	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.	Yes	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 Heavrin was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

202020212022202320242025202620272028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 18

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 District 18	Won	—	R+58.2	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 18	Won	—	—	—
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 18	Won	—	—	—
2020	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 18	Won	R+66.1	—	—