---
type: "Bill"
title: "A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Kentucky College of Art and Design."
description: "Recognize the Kentucky College of Art and Design."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HCR 59"
citation: "Kentucky HCR 59 (2023RS)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Commendations and Recognitions", "Education", "Higher", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33a3dc9d-cf3b-40e7-9126-a311a388ed8c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hcr59.html"
source_hash: "38ab74f47ff458005e4b4a3035f6597b4775206384990fe6151bbfdef46bb811"
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 HCR 59 (2023RS) — A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the Kentucky College of Art and Design.

Recognize the Kentucky College of Art and Design.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hcr59/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0113.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hcr59/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HCR 59 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 34 -0 `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 113) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33a3dc9d-cf3b-40e7-9126-a311a388ed8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).