

The Stanley Reed Political Science and Pre-Law Society will host a 2025 Legislative Roundup and 2026 Legislative Preview, a discussion of recent and upcoming state legislation, with State Representative DJ Johnson and State Senator Gary Boswell on Nov. 3, 2025, at 5 p.m. in Rogers Hall at the Winchester Center.
Topics will include:
- State land sale reform to streamline the process for repurposing vacant state property;
- Limits on property tax increases;
- The Landowner Protection Bill;
- A proposal to adjust the creel limit for fishing on private property;
- The Library Board Appointment Process Bill;
- An Election Integrity Bill aimed at strengthening public confidence in ßÏßÏÊÓÆµâ€™s voting system.
Both lawmakers emphasize that these reforms seek to make ßÏßÏÊÓÆµâ€™s government more efficient, transparent and responsive to taxpayers.
The event is open to the public.
Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980), a 1902 graduate of ßÏßÏÊÓÆµ, was a noted attorney who served as United States Solicitor General from 1935-1938 and as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1938-1957. He was a native of Mason County, Ky.
