Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HR63: A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor of Kentucky's rural electric cooperative utility workers who provided vital support during the deadly tornado that devastated Kentucky on May 16, 2025.
Status: Passed both chambers, March 25, 2026
Adjourn in honor of Kentucky's rural electric cooperative utility workers who worked to restore power during and after the deadly storm on May 16, 2025.
What the bill says
A resolution adjourning the House of Representatives in honor of Kentucky's rural electric cooperative utility workers who provided vital support during the deadly tornado that devastated Kentucky on May 16, 2025.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor of Kentucky's rural electric cooperative utility workers who provided vital support during the deadly tornado that devastated Kentucky on May 16, 2025. WHEREAS, On May 16, 2025, a deadly severe weather breakout spawned devastating tornadoes causing significant damage in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas, with Kentucky experiencing peak winds estimated at 179 miles per hour; and WHEREAS, on that evening, an EF-4 tornado nearly a mile wide ripped through parts of south central and eastern Kentucky along its 55.6-mile path, which severely impacted Laurel, Pulaski, and Russell Counties; and WHEREAS, this devastating storm left 19 Kentuckians dead, many others hospitalized, and tens of thousands of homes and businesses without vital power due to extensive damage to electric distribution and transmission infrastructure, including downed poles, broken conductors, damaged substations, and destroyed transmission structures; and WHEREAS, this was the deadliest tornado to ever be reported in the region; and WHEREAS, the storm directly hit South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative's headquarters in Somerset, rendering its supervisory control and data acquisition system and outage management system inoperable and heavily damaging its distribution system; and WHEREAS, in total, dozens of distribution substations and electric circuits were severely impacted at the peak of the storm, while hundreds of power poles were broken and many miles of power …
Sponsors
- Derek Lewis (R, HD-090) · primary sponsor
- Kim King (R, HD-055)
Latest actions
- : adopted by voice vote
- : to House Floor
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Energy, Public Utilities, Commendations And Recognitions
Common questions
- What is HR63?
- HR63 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor of Kentucky's rural electric cooperative utility workers who provided vital support during the deadly tornado that devastated Kentucky on May 16, 2025.
- What does HR63 do?
- In its own words: A resolution adjourning the House of Representatives in honor of Kentucky's rural electric cooperative utility workers who provided vital support during the deadly tornado that devastated Kentucky on May 16, 2025.
- What is the status of HR63?
- Passed both chambers as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: adopted by voice vote (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR63?
- Derek Lewis (R, HD-090), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HR63?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hr63.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.