The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce presented its MVP Award on Thursday to state Sen. Whitney Westerfield, R-Crofton.
“Senator Westerfield was among a select group of legislators who ‘went to bat’ for Kentucky business during the 2022 Kentucky General Assembly by displaying conspicuous actions to strengthen business, improve competitiveness, and ensure growth,” states a press release from the chamber. “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.”
The MVP Award was presented to 11 state lawmakers. Rep. Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, was among them.
Chamber Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Kate Shanks noted Westerfield’s support for Senate Bill 90, which created a pilot program that aims to address addiction recovery.
“As we tackle our low workforce participation to help businesses grow and better serve their customers, we cannot ignore the role substance use disorder and crime have on this problem,” Shanks said. “The Senate Bill 90 pilot program can transform how we handle addiction’s impact on crime to help Kentuckians, make communities safer, improve workforce, and reduce the cost of addiction and crime on our economy.”
