---
type: "Bill"
title: "Direct the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to identify historically significant Revolutionary War and Civil War battlefields, develop a strategy to protect and preserve historic battlefields, and submit a report on its findings to the Legislative Research Commission before November 1, 2018."
description: "Direct the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to identify historically significant Revolutionary War and Civil War battlefields, develop a strategy to protect and preserve historic battlefields, and submit a report on its findings to the Legislative Research Commission before November 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SJR 158"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 158 (2018RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Girdler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edfb6e9c-6c4e-4042-bf28-21a83e6d44bf"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SJR158.htm"
source_hash: "932352462ff914ab2719dcb215e8e605a335ebdd1ba42d48139ca115af1cb3a2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SJR 158 (2018RS) — Direct the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to identify historically significant Revolutionary War and Civil War battlefields, develop a strategy to protect and preserve historic battlefields, and submit a report on its findings to the Legislative Research Commission before November 1, 2018.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SJ158/bill.pdf)
2. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SJ158/SCA1.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SJ158/SCS1.pdf)
4. **SJR 158 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SJ158/orig_bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute (1) & committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- **2018-03-20** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-21** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 91) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edfb6e9c-6c4e-4042-bf28-21a83e6d44bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).