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SJR 65

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Sarah Keyeski and 5 co-sponsors

Designates a stretch of KY-914 in Pulaski County as the Faye Cain Sears Memorial Highway and requires signage to be installed within 30 days.

Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Bill Summary · SJR 65

Summary — SJR 65: Designating the Faye Cain Sears Memorial Highway (Pulaski County)

Main purpose

SJR 65 is a joint resolution that designates a segment of Kentucky Route 914 in Pulaski County as the "Faye Cain Sears Memorial Highway" to honor the life and community service of Faye Cain Sears (1910–2017).

Key provisions

  • Designation: The Transportation Cabinet is directed to designate the portion of Kentucky Route 914 in Pulaski County from its intersection with Kentucky Route 1577 to its intersection with Kentucky Route 1247 as the "Faye Cain Sears Memorial Highway."
  • Signage requirement: The Transportation Cabinet must erect appropriate signage identifying the designation within 30 days of the resolution’s effective date.

Background on honoree

  • Faye Cain Sears was born April 22, 1910, and died December 20, 2017.
  • Notable facts cited in the resolution: longtime community volunteer (drove elderly to appointments, sat with the sick and bereaved), served as an election officer for over 50 years, attended gubernatorial inaugurations, received civic honors (Somerset Colonel, Pulaski County Colonel, recognition in the U.S. Congressional Record), and was active in her church and family life.

Who is affected / impact

  • Motorists and residents of Pulaski County will see the memorial signage along the specified segment of KY-914; there are no changes to traffic rules or road ownership.
  • The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is responsible for placing and maintaining the signage.
  • Fiscal impact is limited and routine: costs associated with producing and installing signage (absorbed through Transportation Cabinet’s signage budget). No substantive regulatory or programmatic changes are created.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Companion bill: HJR 134 (companion in the other chamber).
  • Legislative actions provided (selected):
    • Filed / received by the Secretary of the Senate: March 5, 2025
    • First reading / referral to committee: March 10, 2025 (referred to State Affairs; also listed as to Transportation)
    • Reported out of committee / enrolled / delivered to governor: April 15, 2025
    • Enacted: May 27, 2025
  • Signage must be erected within 30 days after the resolution’s effective date.

Summary assessment

SJR 65 is a symbolic, non‑regulatory measure to memorialize a long‑time Pulaski County civic volunteer. Its primary, tangible outcome is placement of commemorative highway signs on a short segment of KY‑914; the fiscal and administrative impacts are minimal and limited to routine signage costs and installation by the Transportation Cabinet.

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

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