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SR 258

A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Donnie Gene Bowling.

2025 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate ceremonial resolution honors Donnie Gene Bowling, adjourns in his memory, expresses sympathy, and has no legal or financial effect; transmitted to his family.

adopted by voice vote
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Bill Summary · SR 258

Summary — SR 258: Senate Resolution adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Donnie Gene Bowling

Overview / Purpose

SR 258 is a ceremonial Senate resolution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that honors the life of Donnie Gene Bowling and directs the Senate to adjourn in his memory. The resolution expresses the Senate’s sympathy to his family and directs the Clerk to transmit a copy of the resolution to a sponsoring senator for delivery to the family. It does not create law or impose financial obligations.

Key provisions

  • Expresses the Senate’s “most profound sympathy” at the passing of Donnie Gene Bowling.
  • Orders that, when the Senate adjourns on the day the resolution is adopted, it does so in his honor and loving memory.
  • Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Phillip Wheeler for delivery to Bowling’s family.

Background on the honoree (as stated in the resolution)

  • Donnie Gene Bowling: born April 8, 1951; died November 11, 2024.
  • Personal notes: known for candid opinions and enjoying debates, a love of horses, devotion to family, and good company.
  • Civic/organizational involvement: 50-year member of the Thomas C. Cecil #375 F & AM Lodge and member of the El Hasa Shrine Temple.
  • Family: preceded in death by parents Azza and Virgil Bowling and siblings Thadeus and Vickie; survived by sister Connie Compton; children Ryan Bowling, Sarah (Harry Sheffield) Bowling, Amanda (Jeremy) Holbrook, Donnie Kristan Bowling; and four grandsons (Justin (Destiny) Bowling, Bryce Bowling, Gavin Holbrook, Bentley Holbrook).

Procedural history / Status

  • Introduced and received by the Secretary of the Senate (entered March 11, 2025).
  • Read and adopted by the Senate (adopted by voice vote; legislative records show reads/adoption reported March 13, 2025).
  • Remarks ordered printed; resolution reported enrolled and printed in full following adoption.
  • Clerk instructed to transmit copy to Senator Phillip Wheeler for family delivery.

Impact / Notes

  • SR 258 is symbolic and ceremonial: it formally recognizes Bowling’s life and service and provides an official Senate adjournment in his honor.
  • No legal, regulatory, or budgetary effects are attached to the resolution.

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

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