Danny Carroll (Kentucky politician)

Danny Carroll
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
Preceded byBob Leeper
Personal details
Born (1963-11-04) November 4, 1963 (age 61)
Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Daniel Wayne Carroll (born November 4, 1963) is an American politician who has served in the Kentucky Senate from the 2nd district since 2015.[1][2]

In early 2019, Carroll withdrew a bill (which he later claimed he did not write) that would put strict limits on access to public records.[3][4]

In 2021, Carroll proposed a bill which would make it a crime to insult or taunt a police officer.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Senate District 2". Lrc.ky.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  2. ^ "Carroll files for re-election to state Senate". Paducahsun.com. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. ^ Kycir, Kate Howard (January 8, 2019). "State Senator Danny Carroll Says He Didn't Write The Bill He Filed Restricting Records Access". WKMS. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Mansfield, Bryce (January 10, 2019). "Kentucky Sen. Danny Carroll withdraws open records bill after criticism". WPSD. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Epstein, Reid J.; Mazzei, Patricia (2021-04-21). "How the G.O.P. Is Creating Harsher Penalties for Protesters". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-21.


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