Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HJR42: A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Detective John Robert Weiss and Officer Armand VanCleave, Sr., Memorial Overpasses in Jefferson County.
Status: In committee, February 3, 2026
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the 2 bridges on Interstate 264 over United States Route 31W in Jefferson County as the Detective John Robert Weiss Memorial Overpass and the Officer Armand VanCleave, Sr., Memorial Overpass.
What the bill says
A joint resolution designating the Detective John Robert Weiss and Officer Armand VanCleave, Sr., Memorial Overpasses in Jefferson County.
From the introduced text:
A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Detective John Robert Weiss and Officer Armand VanCleave, Sr., Memorial Overpasses in Jefferson County. WHEREAS, John Robert Weiss began serving as a detective with the Shively Police Department on August 30, 1984; and WHEREAS, Detective John Robert Weiss was killed in the line of duty on February 12, 1986, while working undercover in a narcotics investigation; and WHEREAS, despite being severely wounded, Detective Weiss showed immense courage and bravery by returning fire and wounding the perpetrator, which allowed the assailant to be captured and brought to justice; and WHEREAS, Detective Weiss sadly succumbed to his injuries, and would later be posthumously awarded a Master's Degree in Community Development from the University of Louisville, which his mother, Nimet Weiss, received in his honor; and WHEREAS, Armand VanCleave, Sr. was an auxiliary officer serving in the Shively Police Department who was struck and killed in an automobile accident on April 26, 1974, while transporting a heart attack victim to a local hospital; and WHEREAS, Officer VanCleave would succumb to his injuries the next day, April 27, 1974, and was survived by his wife and his five children; and WHEREAS, the city of Shively considers Detective John Robert Weiss and Officer Armand VanCleave, Sr., to be honorable sons of the Commonwealth, and there is strong local support to …
Sponsors
- Jared Bauman (R, HD-028) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Transportation (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Honorary Highway Designations, Memorials
Common questions
- What is HJR42?
- HJR42 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Detective John Robert Weiss and Officer Armand VanCleave, Sr., Memorial Overpasses in Jefferson County.
- What does HJR42 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution designating the Detective John Robert Weiss and Officer Armand VanCleave, Sr., Memorial Overpasses in Jefferson County.
- What is the status of HJR42?
- In committee as of February 3, 2026. Latest action: to Transportation (H) (February 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HJR42?
- Jared Bauman (R, HD-028).
- Where is the official record for HJR42?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hjr42.html
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