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Signed By Governor
2025 Regular Session

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A JOINT RESOLUTION designating names for various roads and bridges.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate United States Route 127 in Russell County as the Deputy Sheriff Joshua Phipps Memorial Highway.

MemorialsHonorary Highway Designations

Introduced: January 8, 2025

Last action: April 1, 2025

Signed By Governor (Acts Ch.140)
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This resolution officially names a stretch of U.S. Route 127 in Russell County the Deputy Sheriff Joshua Phipps Memorial Highway as a tribute to a fallen law enforcement officer. It directs the Transportation Cabinet to carry out the designation. The change is honorary and does not alter the road's number or function. Who it may affect: Russell County residents and travelers on U.S. Route 127, and the family and colleagues of Deputy Sheriff Joshua Phipps.

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Legislative History

Jan 8, 2025 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 8, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 4, 2025 · House
To Transportation (H)
Mar 4, 2025 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-Title)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Thursday, March 06, 2025 (clerical)
Mar 6, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Adopted 98-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-Title)
Yea: 98
Nay: 0
Absent: 2
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Mar 6, 2025 · Senate
Received In Senate
Mar 27, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading, Adopted 38-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-Title)
Yea: 38
Nay: 0
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Mar 28, 2025 · House
Passed 100-0
Yea: 100
Nay: 0
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Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Joshua Branscum
Joshua Branscum

Representative · House District 083

Primary sponsor
Josh.Branscum@kylegislature.gov
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