Representative Samara Heavrin was presented the Kentucky Chamber MVP Award on August 8 by Kentucky Chamber Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Kate Shanks at a Grayson County Chamber of Commerce member luncheon.
Rep. Heavrin was among a select group of legislators who “went to bat” for Kentucky business during the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly by displaying conspicuous actions to strengthen business, improve competitiveness, and ensure growth.
Recipients of the Kentucky Chamber MVP Award show strong leadership for the business community by sponsoring or carrying Chamber priority legislation to final passage, showing leadership on passage of critical legislation to improve Kentucky, or by taking hard votes in defense of business.
During the 2024 session, Rep. Heavrin, chair of the House Families and Children Committee, sponsored and passed a pair of Kentucky Chamber-supported workforce bills[KS(1] . House Bill 561 establishes the Certified Child Care Communities program to support economic development by encouraging local communities to address barriers to new child care services. House Bill 179 authorizes paid family leave as a form of insurance in Kentucky, another measure supported by the business community.
The 2024 General Assembly advanced many top priorities of the Kentucky business community, and the pro-growth policies that passed saved Kentucky businesses an estimated $1.006 billion, or $589 for each employer in the Commonwealth.
While monitoring the progress of bills that create a better business climate and advance the Commonwealth, the Chamber tracks how each legislator votes on these bills. The Chamber’s MVP Award recipients displayed more than just a business-friendly voting record, but also went out of their way, and at times across party lines, to support or oppose an issue critical to the business climate in Kentucky.
Learn more about business issues during the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly in the Kentucky Chamber’s “Results for Business” publication.
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