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SR 256

Commending Bon Air Elementary School.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Glen Sturtevant

Kentucky Senate memorializes Dana Jean Combs Batten, extending condolences and adjourning in her honor; transmits the resolution to her family.

Bill text as passed Senate (SR256ER)
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Bill Summary · SR 256

Summary — SR 256: A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dana Jean Combs Batten

Purpose and intent

SR 256 is a ceremonial Senate resolution expressing the Kentucky Senate’s condolences on the death of Dana Jean Combs Batten and directing that the Senate adjourn in her honor. The resolution is a memorial measure; it does not create law, allocate funds, or change policy.

Key provisions

  • Extends the Senate’s "deepest sympathy" on the passing of Dana Jean Combs Batten and expresses heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, and community.
  • Orders that when the Senate adjourns on the day of adoption, it shall do so in honor and loving memory of Dana Jean Combs Batten.
  • 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

  • Born October 7, 1956, in Pikeville, Kentucky; daughter of the late Justice Dan Jack Combs and Mary Jane May Combs.
  • Crowned Miss Pikeville High School (1974).
  • Co‑owner of two businesses: Classic Collections and Kids Kloset.
  • Member of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Pikeville.
  • Survived by her husband Bruce Batten; two sons (Bruce Clark (Katie) Batten II and Noah Brandon (Mollie) Batten); six grandchildren (Amelia, Colin, Caleb, Austin, Emily, and Jake); and one sister (Karen Petry).

Who is affected

  • Primarily ceremonial: the resolution formally recognizes Ms. Batten and offers condolences to her immediate family and community. It has no regulatory, fiscal, or administrative effect on state agencies or the public.

Procedural history (selected dates from record)

  • Received by Secretary of the Senate: March 11, 2025
  • Read & adopted / Vote recorded: March 13, 2025
  • Reported enrolled: March 13, 2025
  • Listed as adopted by voice vote (Senate floor action): March 27, 2025
  • Filed with Secretary / Placed on calendar: April 29–30, 2025
  • Final adoption recorded: April 30, 2025

Impact and notes

  • SR 256 is a non‑binding, honorific resolution intended to memorialize an individual and to provide a formal expression of the Senate’s sympathy. It directs only the Senate’s adjournment practice on the day adopted and the transmission of the resolution to a named senator for delivery.
  • The legislative record provided includes other unrelated draft texts labeled “SR 256” (commemorations for fraternities/sororities and a Georgia restaurant‑industry recognition). The operative/final text in this record, however, is the Kentucky Senate memorial for Dana Jean Combs Batten.

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

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