Full Name:
Jody Richards
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Neva; 1 Child: Roger
Birth Date:
02/20/1938
Home City:
Bowling Green, KY
Religion:
Church of Christ
AB, Kentucky Wesleyan College
Attended, Indiana University
MA, University of Missouri
Representative, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 20, 1976-2019
Speaker Pro Tempore, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 20, 2014-2016
Speaker, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, 1995-2008
Candidate, Kentucky Governor, 2003, 2007
Former Member, Appropriations and Revenue Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Committee on Committees, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Education Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on Local Government, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Interim Joint Committee on State Government, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Member, Legislative Advisory Council, Southern Regional Education Board
Former Member, Legislative Research Commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Local Government Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, State Government Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, State Government Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Member, Steering Committee, Governors Task Force on Education
Former Member, Subcommittee on School Finance, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Chairman, Majority Caucus, Kentucky State House, 1987-1994
Owner, Superior Books
Enlisted, United States Army Reserve
Former Teacher, Western Kentucky University
Former President, Bowling Green/Warren County Jaycees
Member, Bowling Green/Warren County, Chamber of Commerce
Member, Chamber of Commerce, Bowling Green/Warren County
Jaycees Representative, Girls Club of Bowling Green
Member, Greenwood Park Church of Christ, present
State Secretary/Former National Director, Kentucky Jaycees
Former President/Vice President, Kentucky Young Democrats
Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Former President, Southern Kentucky Fair Board
Chair, Southern Legislative Conference
Board Member, United Way, 1983
Awards:
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1972