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SR 243

A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Johnnie L. Turner.

2025 Regular Session

Senate memorial SR 243 honors Johnnie L. Turner’s life and public service, conveys sympathy, and adjourns in his memory.

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Bill Summary · SR 243

Summary — SR 243 (Memorial for Johnnie L. Turner)

Status: Adopted (by voice vote)
Introduced: March 10, 2025
Sponsor: Senator Ed Harbison (primary); Senator Laura M. Murphy listed as primary in the file
Classification: Senate resolution (memorial)

Purpose

SR 243 is a ceremonial Senate resolution that honors the life and public service of Johnnie L. Turner, expresses the Senate’s sympathy on his passing, and provides for the Senate to adjourn in his memory. It is a non‑binding memorial resolution with no legal or fiscal effect.

Key provisions

  • Section 1: The Senate expresses its “most profound sympathy” on the death of Johnnie L. Turner.
  • Section 2: The Senate will adjourn on the day of adoption “in honor and loving memory” of Johnnie L. Turner.
  • Section 3: The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Scott Madon for delivery to the Turner family.

Biographical highlights included in the resolution

The resolution recites Mr. Turner’s life and public service, noting:
- Born December 24, 1947, in Harlan County, KY; fourth of 11 children; attended Pine Mountain Settlement School and Red Bird Mission School.
- U.S. Army service (1967–1969) in the Panama Canal Zone.
- Education: B.S. in Accounting, Union College (1974); J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law (1977).
- Practiced law in Harlan County for 46 years; served as Harlan County School Board attorney (20+ years) and City of Cumberland attorney.
- Served in the Kentucky House (District 88, 1999–2002) and Kentucky State Senate (District 29, 2020–2024).
- Married to Maritza for 55 years; survived by three children. He died October 22, 2024.

Who is affected

  • Primarily symbolic: the resolution honors Mr. Turner and provides an official expression of condolence to his family, friends, colleagues, and constituents in Harlan and surrounding counties (Harlan, Bell, Letcher, Knott, Floyd).
  • No regulatory, budgetary, or programmatic impacts.

Procedural/timeline notes

  • Filed/received by the Secretary of the Senate: March 10, 2025 (per file).
  • Read and adopted in the Senate (by voice vote): recorded March 12, 2025; final adoption recorded as May 1, 2025 in the legislative actions summary.
  • The Clerk is instructed to deliver a copy to Senator Scott Madon for the family.

Note: The legislative file provided contains additional, unrelated draft resolution texts (recognitions of other individuals). The official SR 243 described here is the resolution honoring Johnnie L. Turner.

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

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