A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Anthony "Tony" McCoart.

2025 Regular Session

The resolution memorializes Anthony “Tony” McCoart and adjourns the Senate in his honor.

adopted by voice vote

Summary — SR 270 (2025): Resolution Adjourning the Senate in Honor and Loving Memory of Anthony "Tony" McCoart

Status and classification
- Bill number: SR 270
- Type: Senate resolution (memorial)
- Subject: Memorial / Adjournment in honor and loving memory
- Introduced: Received by Secretary of the Senate March 13, 2025
- Final action: Read & adopted (reported enrolled); adopted by voice vote (March 2025 entries reflect adoption and enrollment)
- Sponsors (as recorded): Senator Brian Strickland (primary) and Senator Dale Fowler (primary)

Purpose and intent
- The resolution formally honors the life of Anthony “Tony” McCoart, expresses the Senate’s sympathy on his passing, and provides that the Senate will adjourn on the day of the resolution in his honor and loving memory. It also directs a copy of the resolution be transmitted to Senator Phillip Wheeler for delivery to the family.

Key provisions and content
- Biographical and commemorative language:
- Born February 28, 1955, in Johnson County, Kentucky, to the late Bessie and Art McCoart.
- Avid golfer and supporter of the Van Lear Historical Society.
- Described as a “vibrant, lively, and loyal” husband, father, grandfather, sibling, friend, teammate, coworker, and neighbor.
- Passed away March 15, 2025, after a battle with corticobasal degeneration; predeceased by parents and three brothers (Henry, Frank “Burns,” and Dan).
- Survived by wife Teresa McCoart (48 years), daughters Jennifer (Derrick) Wilson and Lauren McCoart, grandchildren Lily and Sawyer, twin sister Angie (Harold) Burton, sisters Jenny (Bill) Phelps and Patty Lee, and brother John Pat McCoart.
- Formal actions directed:
- Section 1: Senate expresses profound sympathy to the family.
- Section 2: (text indicates memorializing language honoring his memory).
- Section 3: Senate to adjourn that day in his honor and loving memory.
- Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Phillip Wheeler for delivery to the family.

Who is affected / impact
- Primary effect is ceremonial: recognizes and memorializes Tony McCoart and expresses the institutional sympathy of the Senate. The resolution has no regulatory, fiscal, or policy effects; it is symbolic and intended to provide official condolence and tribute to the family and community.

Procedural/timeline notes
- Documented actions include receipt by the Secretary (March 13, 2025), readings and adoption entries in March 2025, reporting enrolled, and adoption by voice vote. The Clerk is tasked with delivering the resolution copy to the family via Senator Phillip Wheeler.