Representative Matthew Koch was recognized with the Kentucky Chamber MVP Award on October 3 by Kentucky Chamber Board Member Adam Hinton of Hinton Mills and Chamber Public Affairs Director John Hughes.
Rep. Koch was among a select group of legislators who “went to bat” for Kentucky business during the 2025 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.
Rep. Koch carried Senate Bill 202 in the House, establishing a regulatory framework for hemp-derived beverages. Senate Bill 202 placed the same strong and time-tested safeguards for public safety, responsibility, manufacturing, wholesale, and retail sales on THC-infused intoxicating beverages as the other intoxicating beverage industries have long been required to uphold.
The 2025 General Assembly advanced many top priorities of the Kentucky business community, and the pro-growth policies that passed saved Kentucky businesses an estimated $1.084 billion, or $629 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 2025 Kentucky General Assembly in the Kentucky Chamber’s “Results for Business” publication.
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