---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds."
description: "Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release capital construction funds for the Design Health Services Center project at Kentucky State University; require the university to submit a comprehensive business plan on or before November 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HJR 53"
citation: "Kentucky HJR 53 (2025RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Education", "Higher", "Fiscal Note", "Reports Mandated", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd544d6e-1df8-4930-9d62-e889423f5ee6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hjr53.html"
source_hash: "9650a7f1af534c9aa98f9a9a9544a3888c26a99461c5ec693dddc6095d2ac0a2"
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 53 (2025RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds.

Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release capital construction funds for the Design Health Services Center project at Kentucky State University; require the university to submit a comprehensive business plan on or before November 1, 2025.

## 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/hjr53/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 41** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0041.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hjr53/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- PASS HJR 53 — **34–3** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 27, 2025
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 34-3 `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.41) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd544d6e-1df8-4930-9d62-e889423f5ee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).