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SR 257

A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Charles Larry Elswick.

2025 Regular Session

Senate memorial: adjourn in honor of Charles Larry Elswick and extend condolences to his family; a ceremonial tribute with no fiscal impact.

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Bill Summary · SR 257

Summary — SR 257 (Senate Resolution): Adjournment in honor and loving memory of Charles Larry Elswick

Status: Adopted (by voice vote).
Introduced / Received: March 11, 2025.
Final action recorded: Resolution adopted (listed June 1, 2025); read & adopted and other Senate actions recorded May 19, 2025 (see procedural timeline below).

Purpose

SR 257 is a Senate memorial resolution that directs the Senate to adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Larry Elswick and to express the Senate’s condolences to his family, friends, and community.

Key provisions / text highlights

  • Section 1: The Senate expresses its “most profound sympathy” upon the passing of Charles Larry Elswick and extends heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and community.
  • Section 2: Declares that when the Senate adjourns on the day of the resolution, it does so in honor and loving memory of Charles Larry Elswick.
  • Section 3: Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Phillip Wheeler for delivery to the family.

Biographical details included in the resolution

  • Charles Larry Elswick — born November 17, 1950, in Pikeville, Kentucky; son of the late Clyde and Garnette Taylor Elswick.
  • Career: Served as a chief inspector for the Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement for the Commonwealth of Kentucky until retirement.
  • Community: Member of Salem Gospel Fellowship Church, Pikeville.
  • Family: Preceded in death by his parents and a son, Nathan Alan Elswick. Survived by wife Martha Wright Elswick; son Eric Ryan Elswick; daughter Ashley (Dr. Jody) Brown; sister Judy Elswick (Randy) Thomas; nephews, special cousin, and four grandchildren (Nathan Ryan Brown, Elizabeth Kate Brown, Caroline Grace Brown, Hailey Jo Brown), among others.

Who is affected / impact

  • Primary effect is ceremonial and symbolic: the family and local community receive formal legislative recognition and condolence from the Senate.
  • No fiscal or regulatory impacts — this is a nonbinding memorial/adjourning resolution.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Record shows multiple dates of activity: received by Secretary of the Senate (Mar 11, 2025); introduced/placed on Senate calendar and committees in March–May 2025; read & adopted and vote recorded May 19, 2025; listed as adopted June 1, 2025. The resolution status is “adopted by voice vote.”
  • The legislative record provided also contains unrelated text versions (e.g., a Charter Schools Day and an Illinois “ABLE Savings Day” draft) — the “Current/Final” text in the file is the memorial for Charles Larry Elswick and is the operative, adopted resolution.

Sponsors

Primary sponsors listed: Senators Clint Dixon, Billy Hickman, Russ Goodman, Rick Williams, and Sam Watson (per document metadata). The Clerk was directed to transmit the adopted resolution to Senator Phillip Wheeler for delivery to the family.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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