Representative Attica Scott ends her last legislative session

As this General Assembly comes to an end in Frankfort, so does Representative Attica Scott’s time in our state legislature. We have stood by Representative Scott as she rose from Louisville Metro Councilwoman to a fierce state Representative and now Congressional candidate. But being the first Black woman ever elected in our Kentucky State Legislature has never been easy.

Throughout the years Rep. Scott has served in Kentucky’s 41st House District, she has written and cosponsored a slew of community-backed legislation. She has never wavered in her support of our community, and has always made time for a meeting with KFTC members. As our legislature turned against public education, students, and teachers over recent years, Representative Scott instead stood with teachers at the Capitol, and sponsored legislation written by and for students.

This session in particular, Rep. Scott stood by KFTC members as we lobbied against hateful anti-trans and anti- Critical Race Theory laws aimed at Kentucky’s kids. But Rep. Scott’s advocacy didn’t focus only on education- just to name a few from 2022, Representative Scott sponsored bills to end the taxation of menstrual products, to ban hair discrimination, to require the teaching of the history of racism in public schools, and to establish Medicaid coverage for doula services.

Despite this hard work, however, Representative Scott’s bills have continued to sit, unmoving, unsupported by the GOP super-duper majority led by Speaker of the House, Republican David Osborne. This year, however, Attica Scott made history by bringing the C.R.O.W.N. Act, a law that would ban hair discrimination based on style and texture, to the forefront of the conversation in Frankfort. For the first time ever- a bill sponsored by the first Black woman in the Kentucky legislature was posted in committee.

In spite of the vitrol surrounding her in Frankfort, Representative Scott remained steady as a true representative of the people. We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to be represented by her.

Thank you, Attica.