---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION designating names for various roads and bridges."
description: "Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate United States Route 127 in Russell County as the Deputy Sheriff Joshua Phipps Memorial Highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HJR 5"
citation: "Kentucky HJR 5 (2025RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Honorary Highway Designations", "Memorials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a46dc6-6f44-4304-a260-f8e2e554bfd7"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hjr5.html"
source_hash: "faff133ac5af68f57eca6998c2d79847638071d3050325e002d9bb72b9d232fb"
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 HJR 5 (2025RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION designating names for various roads and bridges.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate United States Route 127 in Russell County as the Deputy Sheriff Joshua Phipps Memorial Highway.

## 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/25RS/hjr5/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0140.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hjr5/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- PASS HJR 5 W/ scs1 scta1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2025
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 27, 2025
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 100-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.140) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88a46dc6-6f44-4304-a260-f8e2e554bfd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).