Max Wise

KY Senate Majority Floor Leader, Security/Intelligence Instructor @UK_Patterson, former IC member, Catholic/Christian, husband to 1, father to 4, Irish

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

The slap heard around KY occurred today to KY’s workforce who showed up daily to work & never stopped working during the pandemic. A $1,500 incentive to the first 15,000 currently unemployed Kentuckians to re-enter the workplace?!? How about we end the govt handouts instead!

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

@KySportsRadio @jsmith528 It’s the best in June

[KY Senate Majority @KYSenateGOP]

The Kentucky General Assembly's 2026 Interim Period officially began today.

Over the next six months, Kentucky senators and representatives will meet in committee, hear from stakeholders and subject-matter experts, examine issues facing the commonwealth and begin shaping policy proposals for consideration during the 2027 Regular Session. Interim committee meetings provide lawmakers with an opportunity to hear testimony from state agencies, industry leaders, advocacy organizations and members of the public while evaluating issues that may shape future legislation.

The 2027 Regular Session is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Jan. 5. As an odd-numbered-year session, lawmakers will have 30 legislative days to consider legislation.

The first Interim Joint Committee meetings are scheduled for tomorrow, June 2, with the Interim Joint Committee on Education meeting at 11 a.m., co-chaired by Sen. Steve West, followed by the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation at 1 p.m., co-chaired by Sen. Jimmy Higdon.

Additional committee meetings are scheduled throughout the week, covering a broad range of topics including education, transportation, economic development, state government, public safety, health care and other issues important to Kentucky families and communities.

Throughout the interim, Senate members will serve as co-chairs of the General Assembly's Interim Joint Committees.

Senate co-chairs include:

Sen. Jason Howell, Agriculture

Sen. Chris McDaniel, Appropriations and Revenue

Sen. Jared Carpenter, Banking and Insurance

Sen. Phillip Wheeler, Economic Development and Workforce Investment

Sen. Steve West, Education

Sen. Danny Carroll, Families and Children

Sen. Steve Meredith, Health Services

Sen. Brandon Storm, Judiciary

Sen. Julie Raque Adams, Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations

Sen. Mike Nemes, Local Government

Sen. Brandon Smith, Natural Resources and Energy

Sen. Mike Nemes, State Government

Sen. Phillip Wheeler, Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology

Sen. Jimmy Higdon, Transportation

Sen. Matt Deneen, Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection

To view materials such as information sheets, handouts and PowerPoint presentations compiled for lawmakers to review at committee meetings, click on the "Meeting Materials" tab on the right side of each committee's page on the legislative website, which is linked below. Meeting agendas are also posted on each committee page.

In addition to Interim Joint Committees, several statutory committees and oversight bodies will continue meeting throughout the interim. Unlike Interim Joint Committees, these entities meet year-round and provide ongoing legislative oversight in key policy areas.

Statutory committee and board co-chairs include:

Sen. Steve West, Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee

Sen. Gary Boswell, Capital Planning Advisory Board

Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer, Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee

Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe, Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity

Sen. Matt Deneen, Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee

Sen. Donald Douglas, Government Contract Review Committee

Sen. Gex Williams, Information Technology Oversight Committee

Sen. Brandon Storm, Juvenile Justice Oversight Council

Sen. Greg Elkins, Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee

Sen. Julie Raque Adams, Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board

Sen. Jimmy Higdon, Public Pension Oversight Board

Sen. Jason Howell, Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee

The interim period provides lawmakers an opportunity to take a deeper dive into policy issues, conduct oversight of state government, engage with Kentuckians and stakeholders and prepare legislation for future sessions.

Constituents, stakeholders and members of the media can follow committee activity throughout the interim by attending meetings in Frankfort or watching live online through KET and the General Assembly's YouTube channel. Archived video of committee meetings is also available on both platforms. Links to livestreams and archived meetings are below.

To share feedback on an issue with lawmakers, call the General Assembly's Message Line at 1-800-372-7181. Kentuckians with hearing loss can use Kentucky Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

📅 A link to the full 2026 Interim Calendar is in the thread below.

[Swayze Field @Swayze_CrazyBSB]

WALKOFF SAC FLY AND YOUR OLE
ISS REBELS ARE HEADED TO THE SUPER REGIONALS!!!!

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

Hotty Toddy! HYDR

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

@stephenlmarsh Congrats!

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

Congratulations Carter & to the class of 2026! Go do great things. @CarterWise8

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

@KySportsRadio Nice! More original than a bedsheet message hanging from an off campus window

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

100 days…let the countdown begin.

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

@kyhighs 6-7

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

@dlevans5 I would agree…not sure how Traffic would make this card unless of course if the cards were printed in China!

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

Many people ask me ‘what is yacht rock’….here’s your bingo card

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

Celebrating 25 years! Would not & could not be able to make it through life’s journey without my beautiful wife, Heather Wise. Love you! Cheers! @heatherhoodwise

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

@BLacefield @JDM__405 College baseball regionals/World Series…National Pop A Shot Championship

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

Final Senior Sunday! Carter will head off to Ole Miss this Fall. I never expected to have sent two children off to Oxford, MS, when they were children, but if you know you know. We look forward to 4 more years in Oxford, the Grove & the Sip! HYDR! Hotty Toddy! @hydr_olemiss @OleMiss

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

@TWOOT440011 Problem is that I have a harder time now to ‘get up’ after getting down!

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

RIP…an artist & song that spawned generations to ‘get down’…especially the 13 year old version of myself.

[TMZ @TMZ]

Rob Base, "It Takes Two" rapper, has died at 59 💔🕊️ https://t.co/kkMWG2eA1Y

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

From the 1st day to the last day of school with HS graduation looming in days. @CarterWise8

[Max Wise @maxwellwise]

From the 1st day to the last day of school with HS graduation looming in days. @CarterWise8

[KY Senate Majority @KYSenateGOP]

🚨 ICYMI: Kentucky just hit a HISTORIC milestone — its first-ever $2 BILLION revenue month.

And it happened while more of YOUR money stayed with YOU — not state government. 📈🇺🇸

Despite all the economic doom and gloom predictions, Kentucky’s momentum keeps growing.