KET provides online video coverage of the Kentucky General Assembly as a public service to the citizens of the Commonwealth. During legislative sessions, Senate and House chambers and committee meetings are streamed live. Our archives include full meetings from past sessions, gubernatorial addresses, and the 30-minute highlights program broadcast on KET.

We are now providing periodic live coverage of interim legislative meetings. Meetings already covered during this interim period are archived on the Current Session page.

UPCOMING LIVE COVERAGE (all times Eastern):

• Monday, Nov. 16:
  1:00 PM: Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue
• Tuesday, Nov. 17:
  1:00 PM: Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment
• Wednesday, Nov. 18:
  1:00 PM: Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare
• Thursday, Nov. 19:
  10:00 AM: Interim Joint Committee on Labor and Industry
  1:00 PM: Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism

Governor’s Address to the Special Session: Gov. Steve Beshear addressed a joint session of the House and Senate on June 15. The speech is now available for online viewing. Watch the video.

Governor’s State of the Commonwealth Address: Gov. Steve Beshear addressed a joint session of the House and Senate on Feb. 4. The speech is now available for online viewing. Watch the video.

For more information about the General Assembly, visit the Legislative Research Commission.

ON THE AIR

Live coverage of interim meetings of the Kentucky General Assembly can be found on the Kentucky Channel, available statewide via digital broadcast. This service can be accessed directly by viewers who have antennas for receiving over-the-air digital broadcasts and is available free to Kentucky cable and satellite systems who wish to provide it to their customers. For information on any of KET’s digital broadcast services, e-mail .

ACCESSING THE ONLINE VIDEO

KET’s live streaming of General Assembly coverage is in Windows Media® format. Archived meetings of the General Assembly are available in either Windows Media or RealVideo® format.

You may download a Windows Media player from Microsoft.com. See our RealPlayer help page for more information on system requirements and download options for RealVideo.

KET is using the latest streaming technology to provide the best possible online experience. If your sound or picture becomes interrupted or garbled, the problem may be network congestion on the Internet backbone or from your local ISP.

When you are ready, use these links or the images on the left to continue:

• Senate (live)
• House (live)
• 2009 interim meetings archive
• 2009 regular session archive
• 2008 interim meetings archive
• 2008 special session archive
• 2008 special session wrap-up program
• Past session archives

Please note: Schedules posted elsewhere may not be strictly followed here. Daily legislative meeting schedules are subject to change on short notice, and sessions sometimes run longer or shorter than their scheduled times.